Butterflies and Blackberries

July 12, 2025 On July 1 (Tuesday), I checked the garden. I saw a Hackberry Emperor butterfly on the inside of one of the garden beds. The okra plants had baby okra and beautiful flowers. I walked to the north fence and picked blackberries. I saw this beautiful common buckeye butterfly on a blackberry. I […]

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Another Box of Books!

March 11, 2025 Yesterday, after breakfast, I went outside to see if I could identify some of the plants in the yard. Afterwards, I headed over to the garden to plant seeds. I planted Georgia Green collards, arugula, Roquette arugula, Misome (Asian greens), Palla Rossa radicchio, Florida Broadleaf Mustard greens, and Mizuna Mustard Greens (Asian […]

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Gutters Installed Today

January 27, 2025 Today, a truck pulled up from ICS. They were here to install the gutters we had ordered. ICS replaced our roof. They did great work, so I was happy to have the do our seamless gutters. I went out to see if they would need anything. The lead asked for a place […]

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Rain and More Rain

December 28, 2024 The weather has turned rainy. Earlier in the week, Thursday was predicted to partly cloudy with Friday being rainy. By Christmas (Wednesday), rain was in the forecast for Thursday as well. On Thursday, it rained on and off. Since it was raining on Thursday, we decided to do some shopping at Rural […]

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