Butterflies and Dragonflies in the Back Pasture

July 19, 2025 On Thursday (July 17), we had another spectacular sunset. I was intrigued by the dark shadow above the cloud edged with sunlight. On Friday (July 18), Bruce got up early and put on coveralls. He went out to cut up branches into logs with the chainsaw. He wanted shorter logs to fit […]

Starting to Build a New Long Garden Bed

July 13, 2025 On July 7 (Monday), I was heading to the garden when I heard the ratatattat of a woodpecker. I spotted him on the power pole. I couldn’t get a good enough look at him to get a good identification. Bruce and I rode the motorcycle to the bank so it would be […]

A Tomato Hornworm Munching Away on the Peppers

July 12, 2025 ***Warning Dog Poop Picture in Post*** On July 1 (Tuesday), I discovered a tomato hornworm had been munching on three of my pepper plants. It had eaten part of some peppers and several leaves down to the stems. I caught it in the act of munching and sentenced it to death by […]

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 […]

Friends Stop By for Lunch

June 29, 2025 On June 18 (Wednesday), friends we made during our fulltime RVing days, came over for lunch from Guntersville, AL. We had a great time showing them around so they could see all the changes. The last time they were here, we didn’t have much in the way of furniture. Nox loved the […]

Flying Bee Bum (FOTD)

June 28, 2025

A Walk Around Blackberry Homestead

June 28, 2025 On June 15 (Sunday), I told Bruce I needed to take it easy. I woke up with my knee aching. Fortunately, walking wasn’t a problem. Bruce decided to mow the blackberry canes around pine tree number two. He wanted to get closer to the trunks to cut the tree branches off. Pine […]

Planting More Blueberry Bushes and Back by Popular Demand, Bee Bums

June 27, 2025 On June 11 (Wednesday), we planted three more blueberry bushes. I forgot to take a picture until I was admiring the bushes the next day. We also planted an American persimmon tree, Caramel Cocktail recently. I am not sure of the exact date I planted it. On June 12 (Thursday), I took […]

Female Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly

June 27, 2025 On June 11 (Wednesday), I got some pictures of a female ebony jewelwing damselfly sunning on the floating primrose in the creek.

Getting Chickens from Our Neighbors

June 23, 2025 On June 7 (Saturday), I got a text from our neighbor saying our ten chickens were ready. He had sent the text while Bruce and I were demolishing pine tree one. I didn’t hear the phone notifying me. After I got cleaned up, I saw the text and responded back asking when […]