Archive for July, 2007

heavy weather
OR
phoenix tomatoes

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
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the garden and field after a very intense rain. Notice where there has been flash flooding. We planted some tomatoes shortly after we got down here, on June 18th or so. Said tomato plants were courtesy of or friends and neighbors the Harrimans. William’s Greenhouse has a nice variety of quality plants for anyone near [...]

Hoosier Hospitality

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
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Thanks to the Fenders for this basket of goodies from their garden! Our neighbor Angie brought this over on July 8th with an explanation of exactly which garden and who picked what that is a bit too jumbled in my head to publish. It is nice to have neighbors that check up on you, especially [...]

The hands of time OR updating art

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
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A long time ago (in the 1970′s?), my father was not yet a father and with all this free time, he tried his hand at stained glass. One of the things he made was a clock that hung in my mom’s mom’s kitchen for as long as I can remember. When she broke up her [...]

Our new neighbor
or
That’s a big spider!

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
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Close-up of the big spider in the bathtub About a week ago, we noticed a very large spider in the kitchen, right by the hole where the old tap for the cookstove used to be. Clare told me to come look at it. Indeed, it was very large. It was so still I thought it [...]