Today I am 75. I feel it, too.
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Curved Flower Bed
Friday, June 13, 2025
Camping
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Blooming
This is Lantana and purslane. They weren’t blooming very well. Potted plants do that. They use up all the nutrients in the pot and go dormant. I know nitrogen is for green growth. I found a bucket of stuff in Pop’s shop. It said 0 20 20. Middle is phosphorus. I think the last is potash. I opened the lid of the 5 gallon bucket. It looked like pellets and smelled bad, but looks it worked. I got blooms. I always tryto use what I have, not go buy something.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Finders Keepers
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Dogs Went home
I’m lucky to have a beautiful place to walk. Each day I see new things to marvel. These pictures reminded me that we have a way out of dangerous situations. A way to escape… pray. Sometimes bad things happen, but He helps us afterwards. I need help everyday. I’m happy to believe in something better.
Monday, June 9, 2025
Libraries are Sacred
Who would want to defund libraries. It’s happening in my state. Who would want to shut down PBS and NPR. I can’t understand the concept.
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Visiting
One thing the girls did was visit this thermal mineral bath in a crater. Eric is spending most of his time with his father. They flew out last Thursday and will be home tomorrow. I miss them when they are away, but I’m glad they got to go.
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Worrying About My Friends
I’ve been worried about the bees so I begged the Queen Bee to come with her smokey wand and check on them. Thankful we found lots of bees but not lots of honey. Queen Bee explained that it’s all the rain. Bees don’t fly that much in rain. They’d rather stay inside and wait for the rain to pass. Soon we’ll have more sunshine and the bees can come out and play. Well, today it’s pouring rain again. Poor bees are stuck in the hive with no food.
I liked the yoga class. It’s in a chair. I don’t have to get on the floor. Some was standing behind the chair. It was all gentle. I am going to M, W, and F classes through the summer. Skipping T and Th. Thursday is dance which is hard for me. I walk each morning. But today I’ll wait til the rain is passed. If I can’t walk, I ride my Schwinn bike til my exercise ring closes. This month I’ll be 75. I want the best quality of life I can have. I have rules I live by—work to accomplish something, read to learn about something, crochet to make things to give away, exercise everyday, practice balance in all things. Too much of anything is bad. One thing I try not to do is watch tv in the day. Many old folks get up and turn on the tv. That robs one’s productivity. I try to be nice, but sometimes I fail. I pray. I pray for others too. I read the Bible. My biggest downfall is fretting and having negatives thoughts. I try to not take too many meds. They have too many side affects. I’m stubborn. I think what I believe is right. How self righteous of me. I am a child of God. He forgives. I am thankful. I am blessed. I eat breakfast daily. One day I eat oatmeal and the next an egg. I live a very boring life. I’m not looking for a man to replace Pop. I have to block old fake men on Facebook who want to be my friends. I understand why some older ones look for a new companion. The biggest reason is they can not survive on the money they get each month. I am a Democrat but also a conservative. It’s not impossible. A lot of things about others, l just ignore as it’s their right to believe what they want and be what they want. I don’t have to think it’s the correct way. It’s not my business. I am not a judge….but it’s hard not to judge. When I get those ideas swimming in my brain. I pray to love more and condemn less. Now, you know more about me than you even cared to know. Oh, I really don’t like tattoos. But isn’t that silly!
Friday, June 6, 2025
My New Trick
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Humid
The swamp rose has two colors of blooms on the vine. Amazing to me!
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Sisters Together
Helen wanted to go to Alma to buy this eagle for George Aday’s grave. She came on down I40 and stayed with me overnight and went home up hiway 7 today. She didn’t want me to take her picture but gave in. She said— I didn’t fix my face. When Sister Helen saw this grave ornament, she said she was getting it for George’s grave. She has a giving heart. Fleta’s deceased husband served 3 tours in Vietnam. His younger brother died there.
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
St. John’s Wort
This is St. John’s Wort! It gets its name because it often blooms on the birthday of the biblical John the Baptist. The flowers and leaves have hyperforin in them and are used in teas, tablets, liquids, and preparations that are put on the skin. One of its uses is to treat depression.
The little white bloom is Fleabane. It’s called Fleabane because the plants’ odor can repel fleas.
Monday, June 2, 2025
Weeds
The farmers are here making what I care about beautiful— Galla Meadow! I grew up near Coin, AR on a farm. I love mown fields and clean fence rows💚🌾I carried them water!
The mowing will knock down the weeds and lets the grasses grow just as in our yards.
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Outhouse Lily
Ditch lilies are blooming! The orange day lilies are called Ditch, Railroad, and outhouse lilies because they have spread along traveled paths. Deer turn up their noses at Ditch lilies. Bees and butterflies aren’t crazy about the trumpet-shaped blooms either.
Flowers are the music of the ground
From earth's lips spoken without sound
~ Edwin Curran
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Old Friends are Gold
The picture in the background is our Presbyterian Church. It’s pretty on the inside too.
Friday, May 30, 2025
Ready to Play
Yesterday the sun came out, and the squirrels attacked my feeders. I caught one and maybe today I can get the big fat one.
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Eric’s Big Day
Laura made him coconut pie. He likes cool whip on it.