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  • And it rained some more . . . actually a lot more. We got 3.5 inches yesterday and most of that was between 4PM and 9PM. We had tornado warnings and lots and lots of rain. This is a shot from back in November so you ca…

  • Well it DID rain here. It rained over night, it rained all morning, all afternoon and then in the late afternoon hours it started raining really hard and then we had a tornado alert. The tornado sirens were actually blar…

  • This was the big happening today around my yard. They applied the sod to the slope behind my back fence. It ought to turn green as soon as it gets rained on tonight. . . . I hope, I hope, I hope it rains tonight. The pa…

  • This marks a milestone. . . the very first bouquet of flowers I've picked from my flower beds at my new house. I really didn't think it would be this soon, but I'm delighted it was. I had the ladies over today for our m…

  • No, don't get excited. This is NOT growing in my yard already. When I was driving over to mom's to do her grocery shopping for her I passed this fence and just had to stop and get a picture. I just love the way wisteria…

  • The daffodils have decided to show themselves in pretty convincing numbers out in front of the house. Yesterday I had about 13 daffs and today I have 70 blooming. That means only 182 more bulbs to bloom. And to my …

  • Here's another one of the double daffodils that are blooming in my front yard right now. Yesterday's was a peach one and this is a bright yellow and white one. Alice and I went to Home Depot today and I bought a bunch o…

  • This is just ONE of the 252 bulbs that Alice and I planted in my front flower beds back in December. It's called a double daffodil, and since they were just planted this past winter they were a little bit behind Alice's…

  • Lots of Activity in the Back Yard

    This picket fence is Alice's fence, and three houses away you can see the earth movers out behind my fence. You may have recalled that I had a huge pile of dirt out behind my house and I had been waiting until the fence…

  • Ahhhhh . . . Spring

    Oh, I do love spring. As you can see the crab apple tree is opening up a little bit more. I'm really beginning to feel like I actually have a yard and not just a big square lot of dirt. The thumbnails are of the Tu…

  • DWARF FOTHERGILLA

    This is one of the shrubs that Alice and I planted in my back yard last week. It's called a Dwarf Fothergilla . . . I call it the bottle brush bush. It certainly was not on the list of shrubs we set out to purchase on …

  • We planted a crabapple tree the other day, and it's showing signs of spring already. Here's a closer look at one of the branches. And below is a really close up. Today was another long work day in the back yard. I wa…

  • While we're on the subject of growning things . . . . . look what's been growing in my bedroom. I moved the bench that sits next to the windows to vacuum, and low and behold . . . weeds. I remember when the house was …

  • We are about three fourths done transplanting all the day lilies that Alice had set aside for my yard. As she dug up her lilies to thin them out she moved a bunch of them (47 clumps to be exact) to her side yard, where …

  • The work continues on my backyard. Here Alice is helping me plant a bunch of my shrubs. We planted boxwoods, Nandinas, Yaupon Holly bushes, Honey Maid Holly bushes, Dwarf Fothergilla, HomeRun Roses, Quince, Loropetalum,…

  • Orange Chiffon Cake Recipe

    I believe it was gandywhite who asked if I'd share the recipe for Alice's Orange Chiffon Cake . . . and here it is. 2 Cups Flour - 4 TBS Corn Starch - 1 1/2 Cups Sugar - 3 tsp baking powder - 1 tsp salt - 1/2 Cup Salad …

  • GUESS WHAT THIS IS????

    I've done this before, but not for a long long time, so here we go again. Can anybody tell me what this is a close up of? I'll let you know tomorrow what it actually is. MONDAY: I thought this might be a little harder…

  • VOILA!!! We have a fence. I know that's not such a big deal in the grand sceme of the world, but I'm excited to have my fence. The sides are both 6 feet tall, but the back fence is a 4 foot spaced picket fence. Her…

  • WHEEEEE! Did we have fun today! We went shopping at TLC (a local nursery) and Home Depot. My patio looks like I'm getting ready to open my own plant nursery. We won't plant any of them until after the fence goes in, b…

  • Alice and I started working on the BACK sidewalk this morning at 9AM. Here I am placing rocks as a border for the sidewalk. Here's Alice as she's also burying rocks as a border for the sidewalk. We finished around 2:3…

  • This is what Alice and I have been working at for several days . . . my side walk. We started on this project back before the big snow storm and haven't been able to work any more on it until last week, then again toda…

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