Joy of Country Living

You’ve heard the old expression, “when it rains, it pours”.   Guess this is true for fruit trees as well. Seems everything gets ripe all at once.  And, since this ‘city girl’ never learned how to can OR make preserves, and never will  (can you say botulism?) – we end up either having to eat a lot, [...]

Did you know…. that stepping on a small grape tomato feels just like stepping on a small frog?   You may wonder how I can make this statement with such confidence – obviously only from experience. Earlier this summer we were coming in from watching the stars on the deck  (it was quite dark) and much to my [...]

Went grocery shopping in Palestine this week and I continue to be amazed at the increase in food prices – particularly bacon … not much there other than ‘fat’. Breakfast is not a big deal with me – I can take it or leave it – but David has to have a proper breakfast with [...]

I can’t believe it’s Friday! As you can tell, I’m way behind this week on ‘stuff’. Every once in a while seems there is week that gets out of sync for some reason – and this is one of them. Maybe the trip to Palestine on Wednesday is the cause – anyway sounds like a [...]

There’s a first time for everything – and my first time to drop a carton of eggs as I brought them in to the house from the grocery was last weekend. The bag had a split down the side – so don’t know if I can lay claim to it not being my fault or [...]