We don’t normally celebrate Mardi Gras…in fact this will be our first year. Except that we won’t really be celebrating Mardi Gras aka Fat Tuesday. And we are not Catholic. But other than that…I love the colors and I love fleur-di-lis! So, it is just like we are celebrating – but not. I hope that […]
Archives for 2011
Getting Dirty and the Dirt on Dirt!
This Lil’ guy was black head to toe with dirt. He loved digging in the sandbox on wheels. Saturday, we spent our entire day getting our dirt on – literally. A person can’t possibly garden without dirt – good dirt. I guess some would say “soil.” I like the word “dirt.” I can say it […]
Things that make me cry…
I live each day as there is no tomorrow, in my mind anyways. Here are things that I purpose in my life: I try to make each one of my children laugh at least once a day. A real belly laugh. Not a courtesy laugh. I don’t go to bed angry. I will stay up […]
Garden Beds from an Old Fence plus a walk through our Orchard in early Spring
There is NOTHING better than the smell of our Texas Mountain Laurel in bloom. Well, maybe a pool of milk chocolate. Texas Mountain Laurel smell like grape kool-aid and it fills the air. Wonderfully good! When these start to bloom the temperature no longer gets chilly where we live. Today my car temp was around […]
Our HomeMade Upside Down Tomato Planter
Spring is here in Texas! We are in Garden-Mode! (I can’t wait to show you what we are doing-tons of projects!) Have you seen those Topsy-Turvy, the upside down tomato planters? Well, we made one. The only thing that would have made it cheaper is if we had grown the tomato plant from a seed. […]
