Joy of Country Living

No excuses for being slow with this post – but  in defense, I have to say it has been very busy around here. We did quite a bit of work in the yard over the weekend – replaced the cedar border along the front flowerbed with rocks. Looks much nicer.  Also bought some shredded cedar mulch to fill [...]

Summer is here! At any rate the temperature sure feels like it. David and I went picking blackberries early this morning. Found a HUGE bush growing around one of the trees on the far hill. It is loaded with berries as big as the end of my thumb. Only takes a few minutes to fill [...]

Things have really been busy around the hay field. Seems we’ve been doing a lot of running – went shopping in Bryan (bought some fabric to make slip covers for the lawn chairs) and then to Houston to visit my son and his lovely bride. Getting away is always fun but seems chores always double [...]

While snow in our part of Texas might not be quite as rare as hen’s teeth – we don’t see it very often – so when we do it’s a pretty big deal. For those of us who are ‘snow challenged’ – any amount of snow is something we’re not used to dealing with – [...]

We’ve had some of the coldest weather I can ever remember this last week. We got down to 13 degrees – and for a gal that grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast – believe me that’s cold. I know it’s colder just about every where else, and I know people up north are still [...]