Care Package from the Loveliest of Brothers.

Thank you, Carter, for always thinking of me and mine, and sending us goodies galore!! If it wasn't for your care packages, we wouldn't have ever tried so many things!

Get your act together, Walmart.

Old House Plans

I was feeling all nostalgic, and decided to draw out the plan of the house I was born into,  and grew up in, up till we moved when I was 15. 

19 Hup Choon Kang, Jalan Kluang, Batu Pahat, Johor.

It was a rented house, with an upstairs and downstairs, part wooden and part concrete.  Up till the time I was about 13, all 4 kids slept in the same room as my parents.  We all slept on mattresses on the floor, ( no space for beds, I suppose ), and some of the mattresses would be rolled up in the morning after we got up. There were only 2 bedrooms upstairs and my grandparents and an unmarried aunt took up the other.  When I turned 13 and my older sister turned 15, a small area was sectioned off upstairs to become our bedroom with bunk beds put in. 

It seems somewhat surreal to me that these memories will be gone when my older sister and I are gone, because the two younger ones have been possibly too young to remember this house much.

A Selfie

Just because I know that the day will come when I regret having been so self conscious with such low ( outward appearance ) self esteem that I never took more pics of myself.

Countryside Savagery Part II

This time it's Praying Mantis vs I-don't-even-know-what, on the netting that tries to keep Grasshoppers out of The Fig Bush.

Countryside Savagery

Oh, just watching a Garden Spider help in his miniscule-ly tiny way, to try and help keep the Grasshopper population in check. ( not. )

New Levels of Misery Unlocked.

 

This Week's Flowers

courtesy of the lubby hubby.

We have a 10th Grader in our midst!

Baby Cucumbers

 It's always exciting to see this. Hope it gets to "come to fruition".

The Homestead.

Thought I'd  might as well use the Panorama feature on my phone.

"Outback" as it is, I love this place.

Summer in Texas

Yes, we have THIS to look forward to, all summer, and even beyond. 😣