Christmas on New Years

Our future Houston Texan!

 Just wanted to share a few photos from Christmas/New Years!

The great-nieces and great-nephew!

 

Mother (at age 91) with her great-grands!

Beach fun on New Years Eve!

un bouquet de brocoli du jardin

or...ein Bouquet von Brokkoli aus dem Garten or....un ramo de flores de brocoli de la huerta...in any language, this broccoli is THE BEST!

RAIN!!!

Maybe 3+ inches of rain might "inch" up our lake level!  We're hoping for a rise!

Custom built new home

Environmentally green.  Rent to own.  Babies and extended families are welcome. Only bluebirds need apply.

Critters and such....

Visitors from Baltimore!  (Orioles)

Copperhead lurking in one of the patio plants...

This mama dug a nice hole next to the garden last summer.

This photo is compliments of a neighbor about 1/2 mile south of us.

January's Garden

Sugar snap pea flowers

Wanted to share what's growing in the garden....Anxiously waiting for those pea pods to mature!  We've had several cuttings of the lettuce; the broccoli has tasted wonderful.  Wish we had planted more!  We are patiently waiting for cabbage production.   The garlic plants look really healthy as well.

Sugar snap pea PODS

Lettuce

Broccoli

Cabbage

And in January 2012...

A new year....hmmmmmm....what better time to start a blog???   With the encouragement of my niece, I have decided to follow through with this idea which I have been nurturing in my brain for several months.  So I hope you will follow along on my journey of contemplation, random thoughts and actual "happenings".  While I enjoy life on the quiet side, exciting things do happen, and I hope to share both.  Just consider this my public journal!