January 31st 2025

Wow!

It's 2025!

I pray that this year brings

health and happiness

for everyone.

So far

things aren't going

so well.

Prayers for those lives lost 

in the French Quarter

terrorist attack. 

I hope that's all the tragedy

because

today is the last day

of the first month, and

we have 11 more months to go.

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On the 6th, we harvested a few

peppers and 3 small 

green tomatoes.

Then,

it was my Grandson's 

17th birthday!

Right after that,

it was my son's birthday.

Since it's Mardi Gras season,

his birthday cake was

a King Cake.

Yum!

Right after the birthdays

the CEO underwent surgery.

and then...

on the 21st,

it SNOWED!

and snowed...

and kept on snowing!

It was almost a

white out situation.

We got 10 inches

before it stopped.

It stayed on the ground,

barely melting, till 

several days later.

This was taken on the 24th.

I've never experienced

that in my 72 years!

We lost a few plants 

but overall, we made out well.

Since we couldn't get out

and school and work were

closed, I baked a lot.

I made biscuits, sausage balls and a pie.

My cherry pie

The CEO was going crazy

with his enforced convalescence.

I copied this picture from an

online article about the snow.

The Cathedral

Then it finally melted.

School was back in session 

and people could get to work.

The temperature started to climb.

The CEO was getting around a bit,

so, he planted some 

Romaine, Bok Choy

and green onions.

He's got them in the garage 

under a grow light.

Then my cousin died unexpectedly.

He was a good man, a decorated NAVY veteran,

a widower, a father and a grandparent.

I will forever miss him.

The CEO is still on the mend,

and doing better every day.

The oregano is the only

plant that survived several

days under a blanket of snow.

I just have to clean up the

herb garden and prepare the

containers for the spring.

In all the snow,

Minew didn't leave her toasty

insulated bed under the heat lamp

(You can see her cataract)

She's a good old girl.

Today is warm,

but rainy,

so, Minew is out and about

exploring the yard.

She seems skeptical

of the weather.

(You can't see the cataract in her 

left eye in the daylight because

the reflecting layer isn't

seen easily)

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Prayers to those lives lost

in the airplane and helicopter crash

yesterday.

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Thank you for reading

my posts and here's to

another year!

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