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Retired, housewife, mother of three. Picking up the pieces after God decided the 145 year old farmhouse was no longer the house for us. Praise God for His mercy and love!

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

What to talk about today?

Hard to believe it's the end of August!
Been hard to post lately. Can't seem to concentrate on blogger and it seems blogger doesn't want to work right anyway.
As you know, our trip to the farm didn't go at all like we might have expected.
We didn't get there until about 1030 at night. I do not like night arrivals.
Even with the dark though, it wasn't hard to see that everything had grown like crazy. July and August are usually the hottest months anyway, and as those of you who live in the South know, this year has been exceptionally so.
I did take a few pictures in the dark.

Notice we have no driveway visible upon arrival.


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This is a shot towards the trailer. The light is the security light that the electric company maintains. I think it costs around $8 a month. A fair enough price to not be totally in the dark.

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The Johnson grass had gone crazy.

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This is our Chevy 2500 pickup, almost engulfed by Johnson grass.

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Yes, it was taller than our truck. Annoying and a bit depressing. Hubby said to not let it get to me, but ugh.

I'm guessing there is a backyard here somewhere. It's just crazy that this is barely 3 months' growth.

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Here you can see the actual grass is not as tall as the Johnson grass.

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That's the burn pile. We didn't actually burn last time because it was so dry. The Johnson grass seems to love it. :/
Hope you can see the pictures okay. I shrunk them all down because I don't have the option to shrink in the blog any more. I decided to just use Webshots for now, since that is where I keep all my online photos right now anyway.
If you can't see the pictures very well, just click on the album link for August 2011, and it will take you to my album where you can see the pictures.

That's all for now. Back to reading up on you all. :-)

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Houston, we have power.

I'm going to miss NASA. But we have power! Got it back about 1 PM today. "Whew". I want to thank you all for your comments. Much appreciated. Those of you on the East Coast, I hope you are doing okay. Will take a few days to catch up on all your blogs. Happy Sunday and God Bless! :-)

common courtesy

Has gone the way of common sense; but the lack of courtesy is sad and more annoying.
Still no power. Miss you all. Hope you are well. God bless.
Not sure if this posted so going again.
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Power out

Posting from phone. Hurricane making landfall soon probably 20-25 miles away. Tornadoes around us but not here yet. Won't be able to read blogs till power is back.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Short post about a short trip, but not today.

So, instead of doing the post I wanted to do, I can't because Google says I have used all my storage limit.
Those of you who post pictures on your blog, where do you store them? Do you use another photo website? Have you paid Google money for more pictures?

Just curious.