I know it's been a while

 Not much to say when you don't do much. I do praise God for each day He gives me now.

It will be 2 years next month that my husband went to Heaven. Sometimes it doesn't seem that long; others it seems like much longer. 

Old oak leaves are falling in the wind, and the birds are singing. A short video.

And the wild blackberries are blooming. 

And the oak trees are blooming. I never really noticed before, but I was out today and I realized all the light greenish I had been seeing on the oak trees, were flowers.

The second picture is a cropped "close up". As you can tell, they are quite a way over my head.

I want to apologize for not commenting like I used to. Seems I never have enough time for everything. 

We are nearing the end of the age, I think. Though as we know, know one knows the time.

But Jesus will be returning soon, I think. Praise God for that. 

If anyone still reads, thank you. You all be safe and God bless.

Trees

 Been some hard few years here in Louisiana. Between weather and drought. But I took a few pictures when I was out in some nice weather the other day.

Corner oak today.

In 2010 it had a circumference of roughly 283 inches. I have not measured it since then because of things, haha. 

And the gate oak. It has suffered a bit more, but is still a tree that draws me.

When I measured this tree in 2010, it had a circumference of roughly 254 inches. 

When we moved here in 2012, we wondered about the trees and had the local AG center come out in 2013. They said Louisiana had been having a drought before then, so they were mostly just stressed. 

So, drought, weather and drought. I still thank the Lord for the trees we still have. :)

You all be safe and God bless.

Short update

 Remember this? 

The wall of logs, branches and stumps?

The fire department came out Friday and we lit it. They said for green wood - being just cut even though several of the trees were dead - it burned much faster than they expected.

We need to figure a way to get that big stump into the burn pit. When the tree people came Wednesday and Thursday the pit was already full. No good weather to burn. They did the best they could, but this stump is on the edge of the burn pit. It would be too big for our little tractor, even if out tractor hadn't decided to break last week.

Friday night it poured, and we discovered a leak in the little RV. Right over our bed, of course, haha.

So I pulled the bedspread off and threw on a dry bedspread and a mattress protector to keep us dry so we could finish sleeping.  

No flea market because of that. Got the boys out to see if they could fix the skylight.

The burn pile looked like this Saturday.

Yup. Still smoldering. There was still a good fire inside, but I didn't get a picture of it. That's the magic of a burn pit, I guess you call it. It burns a lot hotter and it's hard to put out.

But the fire department said once it's contained below ground, so to speak, it's usually not a problem any more.

And tonight, a thunderstorm and more rain. Will be interesting to see if the burn pit is still burning when we go out tomorrow. 

You all be safe and God bless.  :)

Our Saturday

 

Thought I should update this and show you what we got. Besides a nice walk, we bought this.

 

It flashes different colors, neighs and makes clopping sounds while it moves around in circles.

Scares the cats a good deal, haha!  :)

 After the flea market we shopped a bit in Lafayette. Got a belt for pants, some really nice asian pears, and some very good stir fry noodles.

On the way back we stopped in Opelousas and filled up for $1.81 a gallon for diesel. 

A very good day all around. :)

Again, be safe and God bless!

A blessed November day

 

You all be safe and God bless.

Moving along.

Very slowly.
We found it hard to have 4 people in a 26 foot RV 24 hours a day, so we rented a hotel room.
As you know, FEMA has been no help because there was no disaster declaration.
Even the VA has been no help. Not only do they not loan if you own your own land; but because we planned for retirement and have income, they were no help finding a place to live. They gave us a list of rental places that was 3 years old.
They did replace our medications that we lost.
And they gave hubby another set of glasses.

Still, I have to thank God because we are all here. Better to spend on the apartment we finally found, thank a hotel room.
Won't be cheap. $840 a month, but cheaper than the hotel room. They do their best security wise. They background check everyone over 18. They do let us have a 6 month lease.

Minimum 15 weeks to construct the manufactured home.

So a few pictures.

The nasturtiums did / are doing really well in the cast iron tub planter. As you can tell from the first picture, clean up is going really slow. Everyone wants money, but we will eventually get there.
I know some people eat nasturtiums, but I do not. I just like to look at them.

Figs are doing well. And they taste good, too!  :)

Elderberry.

The last of this series shows work still to be done. Another $5000 to come from somewhere.
But I praise God that there is work to do and things that are not funerals to be paid for.

I hope you are all doing well. Be safe and God bless you all.

Fortunately nature is not home bound.

Catalpa trees are blooming. Sorry for poor photos, but the blooms are way up at the tops of the trees, making them hard to photograph.

I'm just sad we never get catalpa worms. I blame all the spraying they do to farm the back field.

Still, right now it is a pretty day. Breezy. Supposedly rain in the afternoon. I know it was really foggy when I got up this morning. We'll see if it rains.

You all be safe and God bless.

What I'm doing during the zombie apocalypse.

No wait, that's something else, isn't it?

85 headed to 90 today. Went outside for a bit. Planted some red spaghetti beans, some mini munch and sweet slice cucumbers.
And some nasturtiums. Need to get some marigolds.

Last week, I think it was, I planted some Blue Lake bush beans and some carrots. Need to plant some nasturtiums with them, too.

And I took some pictures.
Not of the planters, but stuff.

More pecan trees are blooming.

Looks like we might have a pair of hawks nesting in the pasture.

Here's what looks to be a nest in our lone pine tree.

I tried really hard to get a good pictures of the birds. Together or alone, and this is the best I could get. :-(

Hubby thinks because of the coloration, and the way the nest looks, they might be osprey, rather than red-tailed hawk; which was my first guess.

You all be safe and God bless!

Just some stuff

around the farm.

Went to Tunk's again Tuesday evening. Hubby had crawfish this time, too. Season is almost over for the year. :-|

Another storm tomorrow. Chance of severe weather again. Will trust in God. Only lost one branch in the last storm. And not near the house.

It was a beautiful day yesterday.

You all be safe and God bless.

The year is almost over!

Crazy. Seems like I just paid my taxes. Which will be going up. That sucks lemons.

Anyway, A few fall pictures.

A small Sun Dog.

And our new "shop light".

I have been wanting something to help light the garage - which does not have electricity - when the sun is setting in the fall/winter and we are grilling. This light does a great job with only one light on!
We just run an extension cord from the RV and we have light! :)

You all be safe. God bless and Merry Christmas!