Painting the Dining Room

November 2, 2025 With rain predicted for most of the week starting October 26, I decided to paint the dining room. Bruce wants to pick up our hutch from storage soon. The hutch is big and heavy and requires more muscle than both Bruce and I have to move it. I wanted the walls painted […]

Rainy Day Tasks

June 19, 2025 On June 6 (Friday), it poured rain on and off. With all the rain, we didn’t do anything else with the chipper. Instead, we did some indoor projects. I had ordered some cellular shades for Bruce’s office. We took advantage on the rainy day to put the shades. From Bruce’s window, I […]

Just Around Blackberry Homestead after the Rain

May 14, 2025 In was raining the morning of Tuesday (May 13), when Bruce drove me to PT. We got there early, so we went to next door to Home Depot to get more trellis supplies. I kept an eye on the time and headed over to PT while Bruce finished shopping at Home Depot. […]

Rain and More Rain

May 12, 2025 It rained so much on Saturday (May 10). We weren’t able to do anything outside because of the rain. Nox even had to go outside in the rain. Bruce spent some time replacing the outside door knobs since he could do that without getting wet. He replaced the standard door knobs with […]

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 […]

Planted Sweet Potatoes

May 9, 2025 On May 4 (Sunday), after all the rain on Saturday, the ground was fairly wet. It was cool and sunny in the morning. Taking advantage of the wet ground (soft clay soil), I pulled poison ivy up by the roots in the front yard. The evil vine was creeping around the pines […]

Rainy Saturday

May 7, 2025 On Saturday (May 3), it was a rainy day. I decided to put together the bird feeder tray I received on Friday. I bought the tray for the cardinals. I kept seeing them on the ground, under the bird feeder. I hoped to see them on the tray and get a better […]

Estate Sale, Rainstorm and Garden Pictures

May 6, 2025 On Friday (May 2), we headed to Florence to check out an estate sale. We were looking for a table to put the microwave on. We’ve had the microwave on upside down storage bins. At the estate sale, we found a table that works well for the microwave. We purchased it and […]

Blackberries Are Getting Ready to Bloom

April 16, 2025 On a walk around Blackberry Homestead, I noticed the blackberries are starting to bloom. I noticed some pink on these flowers. The ones I had seen before were all white. I looked them up and they are Philadelphia fleabane. Here are some pictures of the dismembered pine tree that I took on […]

Trash Bags Are Gone as New Cellular Shades Are Hung

April 15, 2025 On Sunday (April 13) morning, I suggested we open the two boxes with the cellular shades to make sure they weren’t damaged. Bruce decided it was a good time to put up the first shade. He cleared items from the master bathroom to make it easier to reach the window. Next, we […]