In yesterday’s blog, I told you about the two big golden watermelons we discovered growing on the ground next to one of Terry’s raised garden beds. But there’s a lot more than melons coming up thanks to her green thumb. When we lived in Alabama, she bought some blackberry and blueberry plants, and a fig […]
There’s a lot to love about the monsoon season here in Arizona’s White Mountains. First and foremost, we definitely need the moisture. The forest is parched, and the drought doesn’t seem to be letting up anytime soon. It’s also a big help to Terry’s outside raised garden beds and to the clover that I’ve been […]
I’ve been busy working on my new book, The Forgotten Years, every day, and yesterday I printed out the first seven chapters for Terry to edit and proofread. When she was finished with them, I made her suggested corrections, then sent the chapters off to Judy and Roberta for them to have a go at […]
It was incredibly hot yesterday, and today doesn’t look any better, with a forecast of a high temperature of 94°. And of course, we didn’t get the rain that we had hoped for. When I went out in the morning, the plants in Terry’s raised garden beds were drooping from the heat. I put on […]
I have been busy getting things done for the release of my latest book, Big Lake Homecoming. After Terry edited and proofread the last chapters, I sent them off to Judy and Roberta to go through. I got Judy’s back and made her suggested corrections, and now I am waiting for Roberta’s. I hope to […]
Terry has enjoyed getting her raised garden beds set up and things planted in the last few days. We both mentioned that she would have more success here than we did in Alabama because she won’t have the deer and rabbits eating everything before she can harvest them. Yes, we have deer and rabbits here, […]
After the usual routine yesterday morning of feeding critters, posting the blog to Facebook, and answering emails, we made a trip to Walmart to pick up a prescription. Back home, I spent some time doing research for the next book in the Tinder Street series while Terry did some banking and paperwork until it cooled […]
Yesterday was another busy day for us, but it was worth it in many ways. We started the day off by driving a few miles east to the small community of Vernon to meet a gentleman who had advertised two old Winchester Model 94 lever-action rifles for sale. One was made in 1938 and the […]
We are still far from having all the boxes opened and their contents put away, but we have made a lot of progress and are getting settled in. I found my underwear and Terry found her coffeepot, so all is right with the world. Terry loves her greenhouse, and I know she will be spending […]
Even though another round of cold weather is upon us, with temperatures midweek down into the teens overnight, it’s still not too early to think about spring planting. I can tell Terry’s green thumb is definitely itching because she’s getting ready. The other day UPS delivered several plants that she ordered from Plants By Mail, […]
I remember years ago, my sister-in-law Ladonna looking at one of her kids who had been playing in the dirt and shaking her head and saying, “It’s almost easier to have another one than to clean you up.” I felt that way yesterday when Alli decided to play in the mud in our drainage ditch. […]
Definition of potpourri – 1: a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent. 2: a miscellaneous collection. The second definition above pretty much describes today’s blog, a collection of miscellaneous thoughts and info that I’m sharing because I don’t have anything else to talk about […]
Yesterday was another hot, miserable day here in west-central Alabama. As I said I planned to do in yesterday’s blog, I took advantage of having to be indoors to get a lot more writing done in my new Tinder Street book. But it wasn’t always easy. It didn’t help matters that our internet was flaky […]
If you are among the millions of Americans in the path of the vicious storm systems that are tearing through the country, please be careful and take care of yourselves. Mother Nature seems to be on a real rampage. Except for a lot of heat and humidity, and an occasional thunderstorm, our area of west-central […]
It was a beautiful day yesterday, with temperatures in the mid-80s and a lot of blue sky overhead. A perfect day for mowing, and that’s what we did for most of the day. But before that, I picked a few strawberries from one of Terry’s raised garden beds, and they are sweet and delicious. Terry […]
Except for a pretty stiff breeze, yesterday was very nice here in west-central Alabama. There was lots of blue sky and the temperature was somewhere in the mid-60s. And if we can believe the weatherman, we won’t have any more precipitation until the weekend. Hopefully things will dry out a little bit between now and […]
We’ve only got a couple more days before Terry’s folks arrive from Arizona for a week-long visit, so we are down to the wire trying to get things done before Wednesday. There’s a lot we want to get done, and hopefully we’ll accomplish it all. Yesterday, I use the weed eater to trim up around […]
Anybody who’s ever had a colonoscopy knows that the prep is so much worse than the actual procedure. Terry had already been sick for a week, and going through that sure didn’t add to her comfort level. But she’s a trooper and she got through it yesterday morning, getting a report including photos that all […]
The temperature here in west central Alabama has been miserably hot this week. The last few days have been in the upper 90s with a heat index of anywhere from 105 to 110 degrees. Yesterday afternoon I had to go out to the garage for something, and the thermometer in there said it was 102 […]