I was so angry because the mulberries were ready and my nose was not. I was still sniffing toothpaste, coffee, gum, tea tree oil, and candles in an attempt to regrow my olfactory nerve post covid. The mulberries had little to no taste, though i knew cognitively that they did…i just could not perceive it. …
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The Total Eclipse
The morning of the eclipse i was one of the only ones planning to get up and go to work that day. They had declared a state of emergency in both the county i worked in and the county i lived in. They had put up these inflated tent-like command centers. The national guard was …
New Trees and an Accident that Shut Down the Highway
It took me a while to decide if i was buying any trees this year. Financially, it just was not the right time. After doing taxes i realized i needed to rethink the budget and get rid of some things that society thought i needed to have that are just not built for the middle …
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The Year of Mimosa Volunteers
Pictured above is the mimosa tree that existed in front of the house when i bought the property. It is shaded by the cedar tree that i call the “laundry tree” because it holds one side of the laundry line. Its been completely dug out of the ground by an australian shepherd and replanted once …
A Lesson on Resilience
The drought killed the plum tree. You see, i have a sulfur well and some plants tolerate this water source better than others. Loquat and fig trees hate it. If i want to keep them alive i have to buy drinking water for them. This would be too expensive so i just no longer try …
The Pin Oak Returns
Every year the pin oak loses its leaves and looks dead all winter. During the spring it jumps back to life, putting out thousands of little brownish red buds that open into tiny jungle green leaves which over time fade in color until the tree is an uneventful dark green that blends in with all …
Bird Migration
One day i was out doing the evening chores when i looked up and saw a sky full of birds all flying in a fluid and ever-moving formation. It was pretty cool to watch. They came from the southeast and flew northwest.
Daisy’s Death
This is Daisy, my favorite chicken. Ironically i cried more with Petunia but that has to do with the fact that she was suffering terribly and i had to kill her to put her out of her misery when i raised her from a day old chick and i couldnt fathom my body ending the …
A Fairy Egg
One of the chickens laid a fairy egg. It is the first one i have gotten in 4 years. I saw an occasional calcium deposit on the original batch of chickens’ eggs. Ellis and Oakley at times had a weird bump at the top of the egg. However, these new pullets have just been going …
Dying Trees
At this time all of my oak trees, from the 250 year old tree to the one barely taller than me are dead or in some stage of dying. After a failed $4,000 treatment to try and save them i gave up and wrote them off as a casualty. The thing i leaned on for …