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aspiration (noun) \ˌas-pə-ˈrā-shən\: a strong desire to achieve something
So many when we’re young, and then the great winnowing. I am in the process of reclaiming my aspirations after a lengthy sojourn in the land of the invalid. Actually, I sometimes enjoyed my stay there. I had time to … Continue reading
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Jurassic artichoke, Voo & Doo Houdan, and the Okra forest
I haven’t taken animal and garden pictures in a few days. Since it rained and was all muddy and muggy and insecty, what could be a better time. I was rather inspired by someone who told me that artichokes are … Continue reading
Catch up
Lovely long five day weekend where I have been busy, yet can’t recount exactly what I did. Well, some of it, I remember, so it’s not a lost weekend. I mucked out the goat shed and cursed myself for NOT … Continue reading
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This is halloween, halloween, halloween. . .
Oh, wait, it was Memorial Day. When I lived in Illinois, I was never able to grow pumpkins. This year, the pumpkins and melons have taken off. Emma bestows the happy, clappy seal of approval. Next, she channels the chickens, … Continue reading
Shiva, the bad little brahma, and other stories
HA! Did you really think I was going to start with the bad little Brahma? Not a chance! You must suffer through other nattering first. What am I reading? I just finished Palace Circle, which has almost everything an escapist … Continue reading
Jubilation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesterday it rained and filled one whole rain barrel (and watered the crops to boot)! And it waited until I finished cleaning the coop, not that you could tell THAT today. As always, my camera was there to capture my … Continue reading
The Producers
It’s springtime for Monkey and E-Pie Our strawberry bed Artichoke and blueberries Potatoes, coop, and squash Emma in the garden and the grapefruit Pumpkin and tomatoes Yucca and zucchini
What a difference four months can make
This was the garden in January: These pictures were taken today:
End of weekend-tired
Saturday was suitably lazy because of rain, rain, rain. Both rain barrels now full. Today Emma and I planted two trees (nectarine and plum), mulched, and moved bunny poo to the compost heap. Also tried to make the big and … Continue reading
Week in review
First things first Wishing you a happy Easter, Passover, Ostara, or whatever spring holy day you celebrate. What’s up for the weekend? Why, the Austin Funky Chicken Coop Tour. We were going to enter, but that meant cleaning up dog … Continue reading
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