Checking on the RV

November 5, 2025 On Sunday (November 2), Bruce drove the truck to the RV. As we got close to the Singing River Bridge, it started to sprinkle. The conditions were perfect for a rainbow! At first, only the left side of the rainbow was visible. Then, like magic, the entire rainbow filled in. As we […]

Lunch with Friends

October 29, 2025 On October 21 (Tuesday), I went out and looked at the garden. It was nice to see how the sprouts were growing. We walked Nox and let her wander around the yard doing Nox things. We headed to Rogerville, AL about 25 minutes away to have lunch with Jenny and Tim. I […]

A Tour of Tennessee Amish Country

October 15, 2025 On Wednesday (October 8), Bruce drove Cliff the Big Red Truck to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, to Dunkin’s Market. We met up with our new friends there. I had exchanged texts with J the day before about their trip to Hawaii and how she was craving muscadines. She called around to find who was […]

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 […]

Digging Out Grass and Weeds in Small Flower Garden Bed

September 24, 2025 A while back, I laid down cardboard on the grass and covered it with Bama Dirt’s Pro Mix where I wanted flower beds. I planted cantaloupe seeds in the smaller bed, thinking the vines would look pretty. While we were gone for two weeks, the weeds had a chance to thrive. The […]

Around the Yard

September 22, 2025 On September 14 (Sunday), during my daily walk around Blackberry Homestread, Bruce moved the burn barrel to see the results of the fire. The stump had burned completely away. After admiring the hole, we talked about filling it. We walked over to the wild passion fruit vines and discovered three passion fruits! […]

A Busy Few Days after Getting Home

September 15, 2025 On Sunday (September 7), we had a pretty sunset, but no fireflies. On Monday (September 7), I didn’t do much; I mostly napped part of the afternoon away. I did get some pictures of butterflies. I walked out to the orchard with soap spray for aphids while Bruce mowed. I sprayed the […]

Windy Beach Visit

September 8, 2025 On August 31 (Sunday), we took a sunset walk on the beach. The beach on Jekyll Island faces east, so the sunset is over the island. There was reflected color to the north, making for beautiful beach pictures. It was very windy on the beach. The pictures of the pelicans are grainy […]

Moving More Bama Dirt

August 24, 2025 On Thursday(August 21), Bruce and I got up and took advantage of the cooler morning temperatures to move some Bama Dirt into the new garden bed. Shoveling wet dirt is hard work! As the temperatures climbed and we got tired, hot, and sweaty, we decided it was time to get cleaned up. […]