Periodic review of life on Six Acres
by rakeeter Joyce and I struck the first blow in the battle against sock weeds on SA today. These are grassy weeds whose seeds stick in one’s socks causing discomfort and they’ve gotten entirely out of hand the last few years. They sprout in winter and are hardly noticeable until the first balmy days of spring and then they are all over everywhere, impossible to deal with by hand and immune to broadleaf weed killer. Continue reading “Sock Weeds”
by rakeeter I kid thee not, 3/8 inch of rain Tuesday evening. Dangedest thing I ever saw. A little cloud came up out of the north and gave us a nice little shower as we ate dinner. ‘course Joyce couldn’t just sit back and enjoy it like me. She had to dance all over the kitchen and living room worrying about that silly Max dog getting wet. I wanted to jerk a knot in her tail but I realized her protective instinct might come in handy in my dotage so I just ignored her and enjoyed this freak of nature. Don’t try to tell me prayers always go unanswered. Continue reading “Shower of Rain”
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by rakeeter At least when it simmers like it did this week the wind doesn’t blow.
It occurs to me that we have a lot of rain in our future. This area averages about 20 inches a year. At some point the rainfall will regress to the mean, which means our rainfall could be something like 30 inches for a few years. Can’t wait. Continue reading “Baked Amarillo”
by rakeeter It’s just Joyce, me, Max the dog, the cats and the fowl keeping the barbarians at bay here on SA. The neighbors left Wednesday on the first leg of their trip to Switzerland. They left after Chris got off work and drove to Garland where they spent the day with the Wylies. Friday they flew first to New York and from there to Zurich. I’m sure by now they are safely in the welcoming arms of Omi and Opi. Continue reading “Our Lonely Struggle”