My vegetable gardens have been in a state of death for a while now. The lack of rain and extreme heat we’ve had in this area this summer have rendered them completely…well…dead. I got a total of four tomatoes off the nine plants I planted. It was sad. Well, while pulling out the dead plants…

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It never fails that I come back from vacation with 1000 things to do. I felt more prepared and together before we left for this trip than any other previous trip. We had everything packed the day before we left, a complete 180 from my normal stay up until 3am the night before departure just…

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I remember very very wet summers and very dry summers. A few summers back it rained almost every day, even if it was just for a few minutes. This summer its been hot and dry, very very dry. I got 4 tomatoes off my 9 plants (two of which were cherry tomatoes). I have to…

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My mom and step-dad have taken it upon themselves to personally assist in the cat over population we have here in Houston. Over the past few months they have become friends of three female neighborhood cats in an effort to capture them and find good homes and/or get them fixed. In the process all three…

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Last weekend, when Bill went to Mom and Mike’s to help with construction stuff, and Sam and I went along for the ride, I snuck away for a couple of hours for a lone trip to Ikea. Afterwards I was telling a friend about my lone trip and she was like, “you went by yourself,…

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Last weekend on the way out of a day at Mom and Mike’s (my step dad) house I raided her fig tree. Bill had gone to help with some construction on their house and Sam Dog and I went along for the ride (I also got to go to Ikea, more on that later). Mom…

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I did it! I’m making dirt in my little suburban back yard. Take that $4.99 bags of compost at home depot! Take that giant dump where all my non recyclable trash goes! Enjoy the lighter trash cans my trash man friend. This lady is makin’ some dirt, delicious dirt too. Ok so I read through…

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I want to put my hands in the dirt. I want to feel cool soil under my finger tips. I want to grow things. Spring is officially here. I’m still learning a lot about my house. April will be a year and this is my first spring here so its been fascinating to see what…

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I know you’re not supposed to lust…but seriously…Ethan Allen has captured my heart with this display. Bill and I visited Ethan Allen while we were waiting to close on our house back in March of 2010. I love Ethan Allen (sorry Martha, but they do compete for your place in my heart)…I do not however…

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I realized two things after spotting and photographing this red headed woodpecker. #1. AH HA! Thats what all those little holes in my tree are. And #2. My window are very very dirty. Let it be known that I have since washed these windows.

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