Bruce Is Busy Doing More Clean Up

May 26, 2026 On May 18, Bruce took his electric Greenworks polesaw into the back field aka back pasture to remove low-hanging branches. For Tom from Reiko’s Journey, in picture one, you can see the shed from a previous post. In picture two, you can see another shed. The spineless caper bush started blooming. The […]

Stupidly Overdid Again, Just What Is Wrong with Me?

May 28, 2026 On May 15, I was feeling great. My wounds from my gallbladder removal surgery didn’t hurt unless I moved wrong or had something pressed on them. Bruce headed out to use several of his toys to work on removing the trunks of Pine Tree Two. Pine Tree Two had three large trunks […]

Back to Walking in the Yard after Gallbladder Removal Surgery

May 22, 2026 On May 10, when I woke up, I felt better after taking it easy the day before. Last night, Bruce gave the pill bottles to me. I thought it would be more efficient for me to get the pills. In the morning, while in bed, I knocked over my water bottle while […]

The Reign of Destruction Continues with a New Player

May 13, 2026 On May 1, Bruce’s reign of terror and destruction continued as he once again worked on removing Pine Tree One’s stump. He wasn’t going to let a little thing like a moat stop him! A new player entered the field to pull the stump out, Cliff the Big Red Truck. For those […]

Bruce Reigns Terror on Pine Tree One’s Stump with Tractor

May 12, 2026 In the morning of April 30, Bruce continued his reign of destruction on Pine Tree One’s stump. He needed to remove logs from around the stump to reach it from a different angle. After watching Bruce for a bit, I went to check on the garden. I watered to soften up the […]

Finished Filling the New Garden Bed

May 9, 2026 On April 27, Bruce and I planted another Japanese persimmon. The blue measuring wheel is next to the stick that will become a tree, if all goes well. In the new garden bed, I finished putting the layer of Bama Dirt Pro Mix over the Lowe’s topsoil layer. Bruce stopped by and […]

Three Bucket Dirt Moving

May 9, 2026 On a previous post, I said I couldn’t remember what I did that day. A picture from another day jogged my memory. I moved dirt. I used the three 5-gallon buckets in a wagon method. Bama Dirt Pro Mix is shoveled into the 5-gallon buckets in the wagon. I pull the wagon […]

House Walking Tour of Sheffield, AL

May 8, 2026 Saturday, April 25, was the last walking tour of Sheffield, AL for 2026. Since we enjoyed the business tour so much, we decided to go to the house tour. We enjoyed seeing the various homes and hearing stories about them. Andrew Jackson camped in the area on his way back from the […]

The Pictures Don’t Provide a Clue – Warning Snake Picture

May 8, 2026 In looking at the picture s from April 23, I have no idea what we did. I suspect Bruce mowed part of the yard. It had been too long to remember what I did without pictures. Anyway, here are the pictures I took. I included the picture of slanted Bruce because I […]

Planting More Trees

May 8, 2026 Update on May 8 to correct type of tree planted On April 21, the gas company came out and marked the gas pipe. It runs on the south side of the driveway veering away from from the driveway at at the circle to connect to the meter. We talked to the gas […]