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Plumbing week here, ending with two plumbers working hard all Friday morning.  No more leaks at the exterior OR inside faucets, new interior equipment that no longer flushes intermittently all day long but only on command, a new garbage disposal that works every time and a smaller, right sized kitchen faucet that turns on and […]

For the first time in my life, I ‘ve seen a garter snake.  He/she/it keeps showing up on the west side of the house, when least expected, slithering out from under the edge of the walk by the gate.  Actually there are two.  A much bigger one poked a head out  about the time I […]

I had a spot removed from my arm this week.  My sister Vee saw it a couple of months ago and said that looks just like mine, better get thee to a dermatologist — or something like that.   Biopsy last month was cancer positive.  The spot was carved out Thursday leaving a three inch incision […]

We’ve had rain almost everyday for the past week.  And temperatures in the 70’s.  Wonderful for the garden, but highly unusual for this place on the Great Plains!  So very grateful — considering all the new plants that went in the ground here.   May your weather be just enough rainy to make the sunshine […]

Trees planted!  A Royal Rain crab, fruitless with beautiful pink flowers in the spring and purple-green leaves all summer for the front lawn.  And a small Blue Spruce that will stay small to replace the evergreen my brother-in-laws took down at the corner of the house.  And rocks!  Three to be exact –  one in […]

The annual neighborhood Garage Sale was last weekend and we stopped at several open garages on our afternoon walk.  Spent less than $5, but talked with many of our neighbors. . . something we haven’t been able to do for quite some time.   Getting rid of — or acquiring – stuff isn’t the only […]