Around the Yard

September 22, 2025 On September 14 (Sunday), during my daily walk around Blackberry Homestread, Bruce moved the burn barrel to see the results of the fire. The stump had burned completely away. After admiring the hole, we talked about filling it. We walked over to the wild passion fruit vines and discovered three passion fruits! […]

Butterflies, Birds, and Flowers

July 29, 2025 On July 28 (Monday), Bruce and I headed outside to see the results of the woodchipping Bruce did the day before. As we stepped out of the sliding door, I noticed a Variegated Fritillary on the red clover growing in a pepper bucket. Bruce had parked the cart full of woodchips next […]

Planted the Fig Trees

May 10, 2025 On Wednesday (May 7), in the morning, I pulled poison ivy from the other big pecan tree. In the fall, I had cut the poison ivy vines around the base of the pecan. I thought I had missed a vine since there were green leaves on a couple of poison ivy vines […]

Harvesting the Turnip Greens and Florida Broadleaf Mustard

May 10, 2025 On Monday (May 10), I was very sore and stiff from pulling poison ivy up by the roots for 5 1/2 hours on Sunday I decided not to do much and let my body recover and recharge. I was very lazy in the morning, then I decided to take a walk around […]

Meeting My New Neurologist

May 1, 2025 On Monday (April 28), I had an appointment with the neurologist my new primary care doctor recommended. I went over my medical history and the medications I am on with him. His office had asked that I bring my medication bottles. The neurologist thought I might be able to get off of […]

A Busy Day with Lots of Activities

May 1, 2025 Happy May Day! On Sunday (April 27), Bruce and I went for a motorcycle ride in the morning. My physical therapist wanted me to take a short ride and report back to him on how I was feeling when I rode. In paying attention, I could feel where the pain started and […]

Nox Gets a Trim and We Plant Fruit Trees, Blueberries and Raspberries

April 22, 2025 On Friday (April 18), while I was busy cooking, Bruce gave Nox her summer trim. Nox was wondering around doing Nox things in the backyard. One of the Nox things was checking out the grill since I moved it to cook the pork chops. On Saturday (April 19), Bruce and I planted […]

Pictures of Work Bruce Did with Chainsawing Yesterday

April 17, 2025 While rambling about the back pasture, I took some pictures of the tree that had been part of the three tree trunk tree. (Say that three times fast!) Bruce spent a lot of time chainsawing to cut the trunk at the fence. I had PT today and afterwards, I didn’t feel like […]

Before the Storm

April 6, 2025 On Thursday (April 3), after my physical therapy, we checked out a salvage store and purchased 4 metal chairs at $35 a piece for the blueberry circle. We just need a table for the circle now. We also bought two end tables at $45 a piece. I like the shape of the […]

Six Blueberries Are Planted

March 27, 2025 On March 25 (Tuesday), we planted the six blueberry bushes we purchased from a local nursery, Porter Garden Center. We had planted two small blueberry bushes from Gurney’s Seed & Nursery (mail order) earlier. We planted the blueberry bushes in the circle Bruce had measured out. Bruce dug the holes. I placed […]