October 31st

Today is the 31st and I simply

can't believe this year is almost over!

Time is passing way too fast.

Sometimes it feels as though 

there's not enough hours in 

the day to get things done.

Mark Twain said,

"There isn't time, so brief is life,

for bickerings, apologies, heart burnings,

callings to account. There is only

time for loving, and but an instant,

so to speak, for that."

And according to 

the poet Virgil,

"tempus fugit."

So,

I'd better get my butt in gear

and hope the little 

Trick or Treaters

come calling tonight.

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Our Cuzuzzas are doing well

This is our harvest of a couple of days ago.

Cuzuzza, Green and Purple Romaine,

Bell, jalapenos, and banana peppers, 

spinach and arugula.

Carrots and Beets

Yellow, Sweet and Red Onions.

Broccoli and Cauliflower.

11 different kinds of Lettuce!

Purple, Green and Red Bell peppers.

Banana Peppers

Chicory.

This little guy is a powerhouse plant.

Its' packed with prebiotic fiber insulin,

and can aid in blood sugar control.

It's a relative of the dandelion family.

We add it to salads, but the root, if dried

can be ground and added to coffee. 

Japanese Eggplant

Variegated Basil and Pineapple Sage

with its' beautiful red flowers.

Purple Basil

The CEO noticed that our

VERY prolific Aloe Vera plants

have started to flower!

There are 4 large flowers and 2

of the stalks have another flower on it.

Lettuce leaf in the morning dew.

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I was going to dress our menagerie

up for Halloween,

but they weren't having it.

Minew prefers to snooze in the shade.

Lucy was checking for any easily 

available lettuce leaves.

(Notice the double layer of 

chicken wire? Those clever girls

figured out how to get to the leaves)

Ethel on patrol.

Nothing gets past those

beady raptor eyes!

Some kind of butterfly or maybe a moth.

He's beautiful.

I shoo'd him away before Ethel

zeroed in on him and had a quick snack!

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This humble blog uses my simple,

stream of conscious writing and 

the pictures of the small farm.

I love sharing what the CEO 

has accomplished and our simple

back to nature, lifestyle.

My photos are not artistic,

by any nature, but they are special to me.

My need to take pictures comes from

my memories being unfaithful to 

recall what I've seen or loved.

The pictures become return tickets

to a place and time that I can

revisit for free,

so..

I'm glad you've come along for the ride.

💚💙

Happy Halloween!

🐔

 

October 9th

I love October.

The weather is mild and not 

too hot, giving me the energy

to do things outdoors again.

But,

I wish we had a real fall

where the leaves turned,

It's the deep South,

so,

 I'll take this weather

with its' low threat of hurricanes

that no longer make me

leery about watching the weather.

Also,

in 2 days, it will be my Sister's

Birthday!

She's my support, my ally,

my entertainment,

my audience and my critic,

but also my biggest fan

and mot to mention,

my best friend.

The best things in life

really aren't things,

they are sisters.

And..

in 9 days it will be the CEO's

birthday.

He is my anchor.

When I met you,

I saved me.

As we get older,

I can't imagine a day without you.

I say "I love you" often,

not to hear you repeat it back,

but to make you know that 

you are one of the best things in my life.

It's the small day to day 

kindnesses that we do for 

each other that make this

life fun.

I'll always love you

and I hope we have many more

days together where we

get on each others nerves!

So,

here's an early

Happy Anniversary

for 10/20.

Still the one after all these years!

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A few of our harvests...

Eggplants, Bell Peppers and Jalapenos.

More peppers

Purple Bell peppers.

Beets in the corner

of the onion bed.

Root veggies grow well together.

Romaine lettuce

almost ready for yummy salads!

Purple Romaine.

Jalapenos.

The CEO turning the compost bin.

Lucy and Ethel.

We now run a small hen

Nursing Home for over the hill hens.

They no longer lay eggs, they

just walk around the yard like 

raptors looking for prey.

They still eat bugs, lizards, small snakes,

frogs, crickets and an assortment of

low hanging veggies.

They are also best buds with Minew,

so, the 3 of them make of a kind

of Charlie's Angels group that

protect each other.

The girls getting a snack.

Lucy looks skeptical...

Minew, rubbing on her catnip.

She loves this stuff!

Some of our Succulents.

This is one is called a 

Dudleya.

This one is a 

Haworthia.

And this is a Sedeveria.

 They are so easy to grow!

we love these guys 💓

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We need to get some Halloween 

candy soon before it's all picked over

and we're left with crappy Circus Peanuts,

Peanut Butter Taffy wrapped in orange and black waxed paper,

or Almond Joys, and buy some chocolate ones that

I'd like to eat.

I can't stand coconut and licorice.

Yuck!

I think that after I die,

I'll be sitting in Purgatory's

Waiting room while they process 

my paperwork, and these candies

will be in the complimentary bowl.

😔

(By the way, is "Trick or Treat"

a statement, question or a threat?)

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Be nice!

💚💙

One last observation...

So there's watermelon,

but wouldn't it be nice if

there were earthmelon,

firemelon and airmelon too?

We could call them the

Elemelons!

P.S.

Thanking my friend's daughters for

the most thoughtful gift of flowers

that are incredibly beautiful!

😘