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Gardening is my sanity!   I spend every spare moment outside.  If it's raining, I'm in my shop working on crafts. My day job just gets in the way of what I want to be doing.  Someday.....  We put in a new home 2 years ago so I'm busy turning 5 acres from grassy field to my sanctuary.  We are lucky enough that the back border of property is a creek, complete with fish.  Since the property is a blank slate with lots of space, I'm trying new & different ideas. 

retired!
Well, I did it!!  I retired.   I worked 27 years as an insurance agent for a small agency.  The agency was sold and the first action from the new owner was to cut my wages (a lot.)  At first I was pretty upset.  But quickily realized this could turn ...

The caring of a stranger
A perfect stranger touched my heart today.  I was working in the garden, extending my drip system. It was nice & sunny, so hubby decided to lay on the grass in the shade provided by my golf cart.   Suddenly I hear a voice saying Sir! Sir! & someone I...

Discouraged, but praying for sun
We've been having the worst spring I think we've ever had.  Rain, rain please go away.   My peonies that were covered with huge blooms are all ruined, bachelor buttons I thought blew over, but when I tried to tie back up actually are broke off at gro...

What is that tree?
Since the brain seems to be overtaxed these days,  I keep forgetting what each tree is.  Why try to remember when I can still see to read!  I made signs for each fruit.  I'll put on metal stakes & put under each plant.  The grape signs will hang on t...

It's a com'n
It has been such a freaky weather year.  Crazy summer to the strange winter weather patterns. But can't you just feel spring on the way?   Had a brief warm (dry) break in the weather Sunday afternoon, so I started looking around, actually pulled a fe...