Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! What do you think about this time change? While I admit to at this Standard Time is my preferred time, I’ve had a terrible time adjusting this time. Waking up at 3:30 or 4 for some reason, and while tired at night, my body refuses to go to sleep….
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Hello! We are having Autumn in August, and I’m loving it! Cool nights and pleasant days are what we are getting all week! It’s wonderful! Out in the garden, we’ve had some destruction! Raccoons are definitely pests, and they made short work of all MY garden endeavors! It’s hard…
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! I forgot Not just a little, but totally. It’s almost 3 pm and while the Blog Hop starts at 6 am, here I am just thinking about it. My mind has been occupied in my gardens. We’re not talking fancy gardens, but our family vegetable gardens. Plural, because we…
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! “God makes vegetables grow in my garden, I’m so glad” There’s a little children’s song that I probably can’t remember properly, but the message is running through my mind. I’ve spent some good time out of doors over the last week or two just digging and planting. Now, we…
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Good morning! More storms blazed throughout our area last evening, leaving downed trees and power lines again, but I have not heard of any serious problems locally. We had a couple of trees fall in our forest, but not near the house. It’s great for job assurance for the…
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Misty, hazy morning to you from East Tennessee! I blinked and a week passed. Last week at this time I sat at my husband’s bedside in the hospital. My brain knows it’s been a week, but still kind of insists it’s been just a couple of days. My husband…
Trailing Arbutus Trailing arbutus First flower of Spring Bashfully hiding away I seek under leathery leaves in the moss Til your soft petals I spy one glad day ~ Your pink and your creamy white blossoms peek out From the ground which you hug tight and dear The perfume of stately old ladies inhale I…
