Joy of Country Living

You know what they say about Texas weather . . . don’t like it? Wait 5 minutes it’ll change. So true. We were out in the yard over the weekend enjoying the perfect -albeit windy – weather . . . trimming trees, cleaning out flower beds and doing some general maintenance – and whoa!! it’s [...]

Guess you might say we dodged the bullet – we didn’t get any ice and minimal snow . . . which translates to not loosing our power.   ITYS – if we left the generator and wire mess inside the house we’d not have any trouble. Works every time. In fact, on Monday it was almost like [...]

With the nasty weather we’re having today there is absolutely nothing to do! That really isn’t true – it’s just that I don’t feel like doing anything. I have been giving a lot of thought to outside projects, like trimming the trees, weeding the garden and getting started on my herb ‘box’ garden – but [...]

There are very few ‘WOW‘ moments – but when I saw the video below - just had to share it.  The quote is taken from The Blaze .   The gun was developed by Dr. Jörg C. Gerlach.  The name is slightly misleading, but the results aren’t. It’s being called the “skin gun,” and if it takes off it could revolutionize how [...]

I can’t believe this year is going by so fast! It’s already February ….. and Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Which of course means lots of cards, candy and Snoopy. I always check the store aisles for Snoopy stuff around each holiday. Sometimes they have cute ones sometimes they don’t.  So far this [...]