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, […]

Cutting Down Dead Branches

March 22, 2025 On March 19 ( Wednesday), the weather was lovely. I planted more seeds in my raised beds, spinach, lettuce, carrots, turnips and Japanese mustard. While I was busy planting, Bruce decided to cut down some dead branches from our row of pine trees in the back pasture. It was a lot of […]

Putting Up Our DeRubeis Artwork

March 18, 2024 On Sunday (March 16), I took a garden rake and started raking gravel back into the driveway, trying to fill up the washed out section on the hill. I finished that and went to the bottom of the driveway. As I was raking gravel, Bruce came out with a couple of shovels. […]

Making Soil for My Five Gallon Buckets

March 12, 2025 By yesterday, Nox had gotten very smelly since her last bath, so it was time for her to get squeaky clean again. In the morning, I washed her in the shower. After getting toweled dry, Nox sat outside in the sunshine with me. After lunch, we sat outside on the front porch […]

Gardening, Assembling Shelves, Cutting Off Branches and Unpacking Boxes of Books

March 9, 2025 Yesterday, I planted bunching onions seeds and fennel seeds. I also moved several medium sized branches that came down in the high winds to the dead hedge. I mulched the strawberries and onion plants. While I was getting leaves and pine straw to mulch the strawberries, I noticed this violet blooming. I […]

More Dirt from Bama Dirt

March 3, 2025 This morning, I got a text from Bama Dirt asking if we were ready for our second load of dirt. I texted back, “Yes”. The driver texted to ask if I wanted it in the same spot. The answer was, “Yes”. We had moved the tarp closer to the last three short […]

Bama Dirt Delivery

March 2, 2025 On Friday (February 28), Bama Dirt called and asked if we were ready for a delivery. The answer was yes! They had to mix the dirt before they could bring it, so it took a bit for them to arrive after the call. After looking at the dirt, we decided to buy […]