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 […]

The Leaning Tower of Potatoes

April 27, 2025 On Wednesday (April 23), with some minor help from Bruce, I built two potato towers. I had some 4 feet tall chicken wire that I used for the tower. Bruce cut the chicken wire into 2 six feet lengths. On each length, he fastened the two ends together. This produced two tall […]

Walking Around Blackberry Homestead

April 23, 2025 If it isn’t raining, we spend some time every day walking around Blackberry Homestead. We are checking for problems and seeing growth on our plants. On Tuesday (April 22), I had PT starting at 10:30 AM. The PT is an hour, but my physical therapist puts electrodes on the sore/hurting muscles and […]

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 […]

Pulling Up Poison Ivy

April 16, 2025 Today (Wednesday), I made an apple strudel and bacon for breakfast while Bruce mowed. After eating breakfast with Bruce, I went out and looked at all the work he had done on cutting up the exploded tree. I decided before I got into the poison ivy, I should dump my compost scraps […]

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 […]

Kazari: Decorative Arts of Japan in the Tennessee Valley Art Museum, Part 1

April 11, 2025 On Friday (April 10), in the morning Bruce chainsawed more logs from the pine tree while I worked on our taxes. Bruce came in exhausted from the chainsaw work. I was exhausted from dealing with taxes. We decided to head into Muscle Shoals to print out the tax form at the library […]

Tiny Little Pecans Are Leafing Out

April 12, 2025 On Thursday (April 10), I had PT in the morning. I was still sore from all the work I did on Tuesday and Thursday. Bending over and pulling up poison ivy was a lot of work. We’ve got so much to pull up. After PT, Bruce drove me home. I was sore […]

Into the Drink and Out Again

April 4, 2025 On Tuesday (April 1), I was using the loppers to cut down small trees and bushes in the cross fence. Bruce came out of the house and called out to me, “Hey, I’ve got a situation and need your help.” I called back as I started walking towards Bruce, “Are you okay?” […]

Planting Bare Root Fruit Trees

March 24, 3025 For some reason, Bruce thought we’d take it easy on Sunday (March 23) after “An Evening of Fire and Smoke” on Saturday. We did sleep in a bit. I woke Bruce up to make sure he was in time for the family Zoom call. Once Bruce was done with the Zoom call, […]