January 31th 2024

The CEO gave me these beauties!!

Jeez!

January is almost done and February

is knocking at the door.

This winter has been the usual

ups and downs of temperatures.

We've had it dip to the high teens

and then into the high 60's,

with rain and fog mixed in for good measure.

Typical for southern Louisiana.

😆

The morning I took this picture,

it was 19 degrees!

It had been misty rain for most of

the night, but by the morning,

there was a layer of ice over everything.

Brrrr!

These are amaryllis, that were left out

but we put them near the house.

The layer of ice didn't seem to bother them.

And, 

it seems the plants that didn't die are starting 

to come alive.

None of the veggies in the big garden 

survived the cold.

This is the remains of the okra.

The onions did survive because,

being a root vegetable,

the ground didn't freeze.

In total, there are 6 large pots, full of starter

onions, that we plan to re-plant in the big garden.

Some of the herbs survived too

because of their woody stems.

English Thyme

French Thyme

Greek Oregano

Peppermint

Rosemary

Bay Laurel

and a small surprise!

Walking around assessing the

cold damage,

we found a small but mighty little

lettuce plant tucked under the planting table.

We plan to move this little guy to the big

garden soon too.

Minew the supervisor.

🐱

We miss our chicken girls.

😥

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A few of my indoor succulents.

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Happy Mardi Gras,

and 

Happy St. Valentine's Day

Or,

as us Catholics know it....

Ash Wednesday.

😊

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I'm usually not a person that

recommends weird things

I've seen on Instagram,

but...

this one reel really got my attention.

My car is almost 20 years old 

and the headlights are yellowed

and cloudy.

I've tried other "fixes" that

have never worked.

Some were: shaving cream, toothpaste,

Mr. Clean Magic Eraser

and baking soda with vinegar.

NONE worked.

But when I saw this oddity

I figured I'd give it a try.

This man squirted insect spray

directly onto the headlight.

Then he wiped it off with 

a paper towel.

The headlight looked like it was new.

He said in the reel that you may

have to repeat the process to 

get them to become clear again.

So, I figured, why not give it a try

and this morning I did.

There's no before picture because

I honestly thought it wouldn't work.

This picture is after one application

and I am astonished how well it actually did work!!

Amazing!!

The kicker is,

this works with any kind of insect spray,

I used 

RAID (ant and roach killer).

Try it!

I thought I'd share a couple pictures

of my Paternal Grandparents.

Madelene

1892 - 1922

Stanley

1888 - 1961

💚💙💗