Moving Logs and Branches

September 28, 2025 Yesterday (Saturday, September 27), Bruce and I decided to do more work in the back pasture. Bruce hooked the cart to the lawnmower and drove to the back pasture. He loaded a few logs into the cart and drove them close to where we plan to put in a new garden bed. […]

More Chipping and Dirt Moving

September 28, 2025 On September 21 (Monday), we headed out to work in the yard. From the barn, Bruce towed the chipper with the lawn mower to the large pile of branches from pine 2 and pine 3. Once he had the chipper in place, Bruce drove the mower back to barn and hooked up […]

Finishing the Sweet Potato Harvest

September 27, 2025 I was eager to finish digging up the sweet potatoes, so I was up at sunrise on Saturday (September 20). Surprisingly, in a sweet potato flower blooming on a sweet potato in a grow bag on my patio, there was a bumble bee. I watched Nox until she was tired of sniffing […]

Chipping Away at the Large Branch Pile

September 25, 2025 On September 17 (Wednesday), Bruce and I used the mower and trailer to move enough Bama Dirt Pro Mix to cover the small flower bed. We covered the bed with four to five inches of dirt. Bruce used the mower to tow the chipper out back. He chipped branches from the big […]

Watching for the Cows!

September 21, 2025 On September 13 (Saturday), I was out in the garden. I noticed our neighbor’s cows next to the fence. I got Nox so she could see the cows. I held her up and she was so excited to see the cows. The cows wandered off, but Nox hoped that they would come […]

Nox Eating Angel Hair Pasta

September 16, 2025 Nox loves eating angel hair pasta. Sometimes, we’ll give her a strand or two without any sauce.

Glass Floats by Loretta Eby Hot Glass Artist Purchased from Jekyll Island Welcome Center

September 13, 2025 When we stopped at the Jekyll Island Welcome Center, they were selling Loretta Eby’s glass floats for 20% off since she was closing her studio. She decided to retire. We wound up buying three of her glass floats. Here is the card that is included with them. Here are the three glass […]

Driving Back to Sweet Home Alabama

September 12, 2025 On Saturday (September 6), we finished loading up the truck, clipped Nox into her seat harness, said goodbye to my father-in-law, and headed out. We stopped at the Jekyll Island Welcome Center to see if they still had a good selection of glass floats. They had a wonderful selection of glittering glass […]

Nox Doing Nox Things

September 8, 2025 During our stay on Jekyll Island, Nox was busy doing Nox things. She hung out with Bruce’s dad while he did the newspaper puzzles, sniffed street numbers, and slept on the couch.

Nox on Jekyll Island, GA

August 28, 2025 Nox remembers my father-in-law and his house. She likes getting pets from him. Here she is at the house. Here’s Nox at the beach! We walked to the beach with Nox zipped in the backpack, with her head sticking up through the head hole. She leaned her head over the edge of […]