July 14, 2020 Doing Less, Loving More Kimberly calls it, “living in the moment,” but really, it’s choosing to live where God has placed you with hope for the final future. Your focus is not on temporal things but on the things of God. It’s been a long teaching road [...]
June 1, 2020 Growing Little Love Thea is getting independent by giant leaps. I don’t do the whole months thing unless I have to (I love math, but “over one” is just as good as “fourteen point two five months” as far as describing my baby’s age goes) so when [...]
May 28, 2020 Okra & “Fire Lilies” Today we planted okra. Three long rows of okra plants just far enough apart to walk through the rows with the mower for easy weeding, pruning, and harvesting. Yesterday and Tuesday were the 6 by 4 corn patch. The 5 by 4 corn [...]
May 12, 2020 Blighted Tomatoes Today Louis, Thea, and I spent hours clearing the blight from our tomato bushes in the faint hope that we can eradicate the fungus or at least keep it away from the healthy tomatoes until they are harvested. Blight starts harmlessly enough – it looks [...]
April 30, 2020 Popping Pool Days So when Grandma Tina brought Lucas’ new bicycle, she also brought a little pool! The girls were like, “oh, look, a baby pool for Thea!” and “6 feet! Wow, I can lay down in it and not touch each wall!” It was not just [...]
April 22, 2020 Our Beach Morning On Saturday morning the beaches of St Johns County decided to open back for restricted times. No “gathering” though so we couldn’t take the baby shade tent which meant limited time for us due to not wanting baby burned. But we went! Sunday at [...]
April 16, 2020 Project at the End Becky has a thing for all animals – but let’s just go out on a limb and say she’s got a special connection with all things feathered. Chickens. Been there, have that. Monk Parrot. Been there, fostered that. Parakeets. Been there – and [...]
April 2, 2020 February Birthdays So for my entire life, until last year, I was the only February birthday in my family – by birth, then by marriage, and then including my children and the sister- and brother-cousins. I was the only February birthday! I had the whole month to [...]
March 31, 2020 Beautiful Beach Day I know by the time this gets published, we aren’t going to be allowed on our beautiful beaches anymore due to what my teens tease the history books will call “the corona shutdown,” but don’t judge us. Anyway, after making sure you understand that [...]
March 29, 2020 My Little Learner Our gym has an after-school program where our comfy vans pick up from several area schools and bring little athletes back to gym. They do gymnastics, crafts, eat snacks, and do homework. Thea and her other gym baby friend sometimes hang out there. Thea [...]