Round Zucchini On Trellis

June 28, 2025 On June 17 (Tuesday), I had PT. I let my therapist know about my twisted knee, shoulder and back pain. He had me exercise my knee first then he worked on my neck, shoulder and back. By the time he was done, the pain had faded into the background. I still had […]

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 […]

All the Branches Removed from Pine Tree Number One

June 19, 2025 On June 7 (Saturday), Bruce tackled cutting the remaining branches from pine tree one. Bruce cut off all the long branches. I dragged the branches Bruce cut to the branch piles. Nox seemed interested in the tree, so I put her on the trunk and held her while she looked around. Bruce […]

Timber! Felling Pine Tree Number One

June 7, 2025 On Monday (June 2), Bruce determined the ground was dry and hard enough to take the truck into the back pasture. He wanted to use the truck to help safely take down the pine tree one. Bruce drove the truck into the back pasture and parked it. Using a ladder, Bruce climbed […]

Just Another Sunday

June 6, 2025 On Sunday (June 1), Bruce and I walked around the back pasture. We looked some more at the leaning pine (pine tree number 1). It appeared to be leaning more into the pine tree it fell into. We thought it was leaning more earlier and Sunday, I was able to find a […]

Making Flower Pots Out of Plastic Food Bowls

June 3, 2025 On May 30 (Friday), I had PT. After PT, Bruce and I tried out a restaurant in a historic neighborhood in East Florence, AL. We enjoyed our lunch at Ray’s at the Bank. I had the Roundabout Burger. It was so messy and delicious! Bruce had the lunch special, which was a […]

Cutting Up Pine Number Three

May 23, 2025 Bruce gave the downed pines numbers based on how close they are to the house. Pine number one is the leaning pine. It is closest to the house. The broken pine is pine number two. The large pine that fell over with the roots exposed is pine number three. Bruce has started […]

Trellis Up, Strings for Tomatoes and Netting for Beans and Cukes

May 19, 2025 Yesterday (Sunday, May 18), Bruce l took me for a 15 minute motorcycle ride. My physical therapist said I need to see what happens when I ride. He wants me to ride every day for 15 minutes for a week. We started on Saturday. After we got back home from the ride, […]

Trying a New (to Us) Restaurant, FIL Injured, Trellises Put Up

May 15, 2025 Today (Thursday, May 15), Bruce drove me to PT. While I was in PT, Bruce tried to call his dad. He got the answering machine twice. Bruce decided to hang out in the lobby while my physical therapist had me do various exercises. Afterwards, we went to lunch at Ricatoni’s Italian Grill […]

Rain and More Rain

May 12, 2025 It rained so much on Saturday (May 10). We weren’t able to do anything outside because of the rain. Nox even had to go outside in the rain. Bruce spent some time replacing the outside door knobs since he could do that without getting wet. He replaced the standard door knobs with […]