Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Honey Do List Grows
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Plumbers
Monday, August 22, 2022
90 Years Old
Today is my Mother's birthday. Ninety years old. We were planning to go see her but she has other plans with her sister and niece. That's OK, we are having a birthday party for her on Saturday at my nephews home. She is very healthy but she does have some issues with confusion and memory. It is not just long term memory. She has no trouble remembering people.
She doesn't drive much anymore. She probably shouldn't drive at all. She mentioned to us the other day she didn't recognize where she was one day and kept driving until she got someplace she did recognize. This was in an area she has been in most of her life. But since she doesn't get out much and hasn't for years now that was understandable to me. Things have grown and changed in her area, in fact all over town, to the point I don't recognize areas anymore. I don't get lost since I am aware of where I am, it's just not like it was the last time I was there a few years ago. However, I can see this being an issue in the future. I am placing a device in her car that will allow me to see where it is. Her living so far from us makes it even harder to stay on top of things.
An assisted living facility is in the very near future. She and my Dad did that once a few years ago and it was a fiasco. So she has very definite opinions that make it difficult for us. Same as last time. We hope to move her nearer my brother and I if we can get her to understand why her choices aren't the best.
There is much much more I could say and I may have said too much already. I start writing and things come out that maybe shouldn't. To me they complete the story and I don't quite know how to put it all down without intruding on her privacy. Just know this is more complicated than it sounds here. But the sooner we get her somewhere the better IMO.
Monday, August 15, 2022
My Garden and Something for you to Read
We woke up to the end of a rain shower surprisingly. It delayed my walk with the pups about an hour. I checked the gauge when I got back, only 0.20. The results sure looked like more than that. But we did a get another 0.50 a day or two earlier. Not near what we need but it sure helps and I am thankful.
The garden is crazy. All I have are tomato plants now. They are not producing a lot but I get one or two every day or so. That's great. The plants themselves are doing much too well. There is so much foliage there isn't enough sunlight getting in and then there is the heat, so production suffers. Most everyone I know has already pulled theirs out. I will let mine go into Fall and I'll hope to harvest more then. I will probably have to prune a bunch. This is how they look now:
Thursday, August 11, 2022
The Wild Life
Actually just wildlife. We have an abundance of wildlife in our neighborhood. There are Whitetail Deer, Gray Fox, Raccoons, Ringtail Cats, Possums, Coyotes and numerous birds including birds of prey, Great Owls, various hawks. These are the ones that I have actually seen. Others here have taken and posted photos of Bobcats, Mountain Lions and porcupines. Sorry no Chupacabras yet. Oh and at least one wild Turkey many years ago in my back yard, beautiful.
We live next to the Camp Bullis military facility. It is huge and has many acres of undeveloped land that harbor a lot of this wildlife. I am not sure how they get through that fence though.
Deer are the most dense. We could do without a few hundred and you most likely wouldn't see much of a difference. As beautiful and fun to watch as they are they do present their own problems. They will eat everything you have growing. If you want a lush yard with lots of shrubs and flowers it will be a battle. The deer will win. Even the deer proof stuff gets eaten during years like this. Then you feel sorry for them so you feed them 'deer' corn. FYI, deer corn is just corn. It's not formulated especially for deer. They love it, yes. But it is basically just candy to them. It attracts them and you get to see them and feel good about helping the deer when they are hungry because, 'well gee, they were here first'. Well guess what, you aren't helping them at all. They get no nutritional value from corn. You also make them less fearful of humans. This is dangerous for the deer. You'll have to think bout that, I won't spell that out for you here. They also leave us a lot of presents in the yard. You can't walk around out there watthour stepping in it if you're not careful. With the yard as dead as it is now, it really shows up. Taller grass at least hides it. Luckily there is no smell most of the time. Sometimes it's not so great.
This morning I found this little one, just born last night or this morning. Can barely walk yet. Don't ask how I know.