We’ve got a cooling trend going on here in the White Mountains of Arizona, and Terry and I have been taking advantage of it to get a lot of yard work done. Terry has been weeding along the fence line where she wants to plant some more wildflowers, pruning plants in the greenhouse, and making […]
We have been taking advantage of the nice weather to get some work done outside we spent most of yesterday working outside. Besides Declan the porch cat, there are other feral cats in our neighborhood, and some of the tomcats have come onto the front porch and left their signature spray. Terry sprayed it down […]
As I have said before, we have several paths in our backyard that turn very muddy when it rains. Last week I had a truckload of cinders delivered to spread out on those paths to make using them easier. I knew spreading them out was going to be a lot of work, and manual labor […]
The weather was perfect for doing some yard work yesterday, somewhere in the mid-70s with lots of blue sky overhead. We were waiting for a day like that and took advantage of it. I started out by picking up the “deposits” that Alli leaves for me to discover in the backyard. Not the most pleasant […]
This warm weather has me thinking not just about gardening and yard work, it’s also got me thinking about hammocks. I love hammocks and I’ve had a couple of them over the years. I have wanted another one for a long time, and the other day on Amazon I found just what I was looking […]
Traffic is heavier on the local roads, stores are busier, and restaurants that we used to be able to walk right into and get a table now have waiting times to be seated. Yes indeed, the snowbirds are back in Florida. Some people who live here year round grumble about that, but the business community […]