Many applications that you install on your computer will add programs to the tasks of your computer. That means the added task will run in the background when you start your computer. Most of the … [Read more...]
Dry Summer
The summer was very dry in this part of the southeast corner of Tennessee. Most of Tennessee was in drought, and really, large parts of the south had severe drought this summer. Here, milk is over $5 … [Read more...]
Images from Osaka Castle
My son John visited us over the weekend and he brought a few pictures from his trip to Japan. He was there courtesy of the country of Japan through the International Air Cadet Exchange (IACE) program … [Read more...]
Embroidery for Remembering
First and this has nothing to do with embroidery, but I'd like to introduce you to chapstick man and tomato man (a double cherry tomato). Chapstick man lives on my desk and tomato man is just a … [Read more...]
RIP Me Golden Beauties
One day in the recent past, something like over a week ago, I noticed that the little animals in the area had consumed every ripe sunflower seed that inhabited my little speck of earth that I fondly … [Read more...]
July-Week 3, 07
This is a busy time of year for me. I expect that I will be busier than normal up until mid-September. I will recount this week briefly along with some images from the week. The image of the little … [Read more...]
Squirrels and Sunflowers
A few days ago, I noticed that some of my sunflowers are being relieved of their flower heads. I found that curious, so I looked around the yard to see if I could find evidence. It did not take long … [Read more...]
Sunflower
While working in the garden yesterday, I found a sunflower bloom on the ground. I do not know why it fell off the stem. I brought the sunflower inside to scan close up images of its parts. The image … [Read more...]
Life and Garden
The past two weeks have been busy mainly because of our family boot camp. The schedule is working well and so far getting up in the morning at dark and going to bed when it is still daylight outside … [Read more...]
New Neighbors
It is too late! The house across the street from us is sold and a family is moving in. I never did tell what a nice place it is. It has a large ranch house, a garden spot, a very large out-building … [Read more...]
Basil
Basil, I love basil! The scanned image shown here is from the 2004 Burpee seed package. In my opinion, everyone that can should grow basil at least once in his or her life. Of course, if I write about … [Read more...]
As the Petals Unfurl
My helpers the sewing machine, the iron, and the cutting board were my companions today. Later I visited my tiller and hoe. Lunch, plain chicken and a large apple, was called sustenance because that … [Read more...]
Quilt, Garden, Life
Not long ago, I declared my vacuum cleaner useless and I threw it in the garbage. Shortly after that, I ordered a vacuum cleaner from Amazon to replace it. The vacuum cleaner that I chose is a very … [Read more...]
Ant Bait
Every year ants come in the house under the back door and look around for food. There's not much here; the typical floor fare is a fallen cheerio or two. There must be more here than I think because … [Read more...]
Main Garden III
Despite the drought, most of my plants are growing. I water the plants, if I didn't, they would die. The ground is deeply dry. It is too dry to cultivate. The only weeds that are growing are some very … [Read more...]
