Sunday, June 21, 2026

Ugh Satellite TV Problems


 What can you do if you live out in the country where cable doesn't reach. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Tomato Flowers!

These were planted using those grape tomatoes the hubs gets from Wmart to snack on. He was skeptical they would produce fruit, but here's hoping with fingers crossed!

Detritus Mushrooms

Look at these beauties growing on some rotting wood.



Saturday, June 13, 2026

Walking Treasures

Little Wild Hoof Prints make me happy when I come across them when I am walking outside.


Bird Feathers, on the other hand, and especially ones this big, can be rather sad if found in a clump with others.

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Bak Chang Galore

Finally bought some Bak Chang for the Bak Chang Festival. :) Google it.

Oooo How They've Grown!

Look at them baby figs go!

Wednesday, June 03, 2026

Rabbits on the Path

It's nice to come across little Bunny Rabbits when I am walking outside. These two were trying to be stoic and acted like statues for a short while, but as I approached, they panicked and it was "Run Away!" :)


A few days later, I came across this Chill Dude.

Friday, May 29, 2026

The New TV

 We replaced our old Samsung TV - it had that dreaded "my internal bits are falling off, and so now you have soooo many bright circles all over your screen that it messes with any sort of viewing" - and had to keep track of our new settings. LOL.

Thursday, May 28, 2026

More Flora

We have some busy bees around here, and still keeping a close eye on the baby fruit and berries!




Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Another Garden Figurine Refreshed

This time it was the cowgirl who had faded all to white.

I found some pics of her online in all her former glory and tried to paint her as true to the way she was as possible.

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Texas Lilacs

The beautiful blooms are out again. And I am sure before long we will have soooo many bees a-buzzin :)

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

From

This TV show has ruined Que Sera Sera for me FOREVER. 

And, I have never once watched the opening credits, nor do I think I ever will. 

I started watching it out of curiosity more than anything, and it is not anything I usually choose to watch. It has that car wreck pull though. I can't stop "side-watching" it. 

Yeah. I usually have it on 1/4 the of the screen, to one side of the computer monitor while I am busy doing other er, productive things on the other 3/4 of the screen....so having my eyes averted and focused on other things most of the time is the way I "watch" this show.  

Dang. 

It's been on for several years now, but I've only started watching it. 

Eyes averted, 1/4 only screen real estate, skipping through the opening theme - that's the way I watch it, ain't no shame in it.

Monday, May 18, 2026

Enough about Baby Flora, here's some baby Fauna!

Spotted a teensy weensy Praying Mantis!

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Speaking of Flourishing Babies...

The Fig also had some reprieve from those *&^% grasshoppers, resulting in little figgy babies!

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

The Hazard on the Steps

Unfortunately, this is one of the cat's favorite places to sleep and lounge. *SIGH*

Tuesday, May 05, 2026

I don't want to jinx it,

but the *whisper* lack of grasshoppers */end whisper* has given the chance to some of the plants to ACTUALLY GROW and go through some other phases of their lives other than just fledgling infancy.

Monday, May 04, 2026

We live in a hot arid area

Hence the abundance of cacti and yuccas



Sunday, May 03, 2026

Thursday, April 23, 2026

The Blackberries are alive!

We have been having a reprieve from all the locust-y grasshoppers, and so the Blackberries have had a chance to start to grow! Let's see how they do in a bit, aye?

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Photo Dump?

Flowers galore

More Garden Figurines Brought Back to Life

Remember when I freshened up the Garden Gnomes with a new coat of paint?

Well, I gave the Cat and Dog figurines in the Iris flowerbed some attention as well.  I didn't color their bodies, but did give them some Bright Bandanas.

Saturday, April 18, 2026

It hailed!

Remember the scary weather we talked about?

We did escape with getting just some tiny hail, and not the ginormous ones. Phew.

Friday, April 17, 2026

Thursday, April 16, 2026

More of the World Around Us ( at the moment )

Our neighbors' field and horses,


the fig is looking healthy,


and pretty wildflowers.