Bless Our Hearts

Well, it's been a long day. On Monday Mr. Moon heard from the neurologist's office that they'd like him to come in for his EMG...

Tip for the day: It is almost impossible to change into a swim suit in a parked car and preserve your modesty when there are people about a...

Back from my walk, didn't die. PHEW! Once again! Jessie's coming out and we're going to have a little Jefferson county adventu...

I had thought I might take the boys to the river to swim today but our time got crunched by various things and so they swam in an ice che...

Went out to let the chickens out of the hen house and decided to give them a little extra feed on the ground. Stuck my hand in the bag. Disc...

That face. Those hands. He is an elder.

Galore 

I love that picture. Mick was in the box in the pump house where occasionally a hen lays an egg. He was doing that thing that Elvis used ...

Another hot, crickets buzzing, chicken scratching, hang-the-clothes-on-the-line sort of day. Nothing new to report here at all but after a ...

Bless and bless the sweet cold river, the birds and the fishes, the gators (we saw two) and the people, yes, we have to bless them too. ...

While I slept until 9:45, my husband got up and mowed the yard and now he's picking up a boat he's borrowing from a friend to take d...

As I recall, my 9th grade English teacher, the beloved Mrs. Gilbert, took all of us to go and see this movie. Can you even imagine that happ...

I have not had much joi de vivre today. No. Severely lacking in the ol' joi de vivre even with those beautiful zinnias which are pr...

I am naught but a slug today. I slept until 9:30 because I read too late and then I was awake half the night with heartburn. I rarely get it...

I have spent almost all of this off-and-on rainy day in the kitchen. I pulled out my old canning kettle and the jar lifters and filled the k...

Finally a halfway decent walk this week and the butterflies are out everywhere and I can't get a decent picture to save my life. I notic...

That is what my brain looks like today, only not that orderly. Anxiety will fuck you up. It's crept its evil little self (there...

Finally. A bit of rain. A few moment's downpour. Better than nothing. Tomorrow will be greener because of it. And here's something ...

I tried to take my walk this morning. I got about a third of the way through it and said, "Nah," turned around and came home. It...

When I got to Lily's today to get the boys, Owen was very excited to show me what he'd gotten from his other grandma's house ...