Hurricane season officially started on June 1st. Part of me really is trying to think of something funny to put in there, comparing it amusingly to hunting season or something, but I’ve got nothing. Anyway, hurricane season started on Saturday and, well, would you look at that? We’ve got a tropical storm warning already. Tropical… Continue reading
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Mom and Dad visited!
Visit with Mom & Dad was AWESOME! They arrived Tuesday just as I was sitting down to eat my leftover beets and sweet potatoes for lunch. We all sat around chatting for a while until Dad got bored and decided to fix things. So within about 15 minutes of being at my house, Dad had… Continue reading
Cutting down the pampas grass
We have two big pampas grass plants (tufts? fronds?) that grow at the back of our yard. And every spring (yeah, it’s already spring here — sorry!) I go out and cut them down to little stumps/mounds. It’s what you’re supposed to do with pampas grass. It’s healthy for them and helps get sun to… Continue reading
It was a rough week last week
It was surprisingly chilly out this morning. And when I say that, I mean it’s after noon right now and the weather says it’s still only in the mid-50s outside. Since it was in the 70s yesterday, I came to work without covering over most of my arms. Call me a thin-blooded Southerner all you… Continue reading
Well that was unexpected
Yesterday, when I was posting over lunch, I didn’t make it outside at all. So I didn’t get outside again until I was leaving work at 4:30. When I walked into work yesterday morning around 7:00, it was probably upwards of 80* outside. When I left work at 4:30, it was in the mid- to… Continue reading