Now mid-way into April the bluebonnets and indian paintbrushes began to emerge on the sides of the highways. My pear tree put out a number of beautiful waxy pink tinged leaves. My mulberry tree flowered, became pollinated, and currently sports a small crop of bumpy green berries. The agarita bushes bloomed, were polinated, and grew …
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A Little Friend
Last night i turned the bathroom light out and headed back towards the kitchen when i noticed a frog hopping down the middle of our floor. The strange thing was that it wasn’t a squatty hard bumpy toad like i was used to. it was a smooth slimy frog with these long gangly arms. It …
Something is Feeling us Out
Last night i was startled awake from a dead sleep by a noise that shook the bed. I thought something must have fallen in the house and hit the floor, causing the bed to shake. When i turned on the light and looked around i couldn’t find anything out of place. I tried not to …
Thank You Lord
It’s raining.
Wildfire
I knew there were fires to the north of us but they were hours away. I knew my friends, neighbors, and coworkers were holding down the fort at home while their husbands took time off work and drove up north in the middle of the night with livestock trailers and bottles of water with the …
A Photoshoot with the Animals
Somebody asked me to submit some photos and a short paragraph about what i was passionate about in life. Naturally, this included my dogs and chickens. So began a photoshoot that involved bribery, pleading, and luck, for chickens don’t usually understand what it means to say “cheese” and not attempt to eat the camera.
My New Year’s Resolution
Every year i make a resolution to be more organized, get more done, establish a daily routine and stick to it, or work out every day. I make all these plans and then by week 2 of the new year i’ve ceased doing any of it. This year i decided to make a resolution that …
A Year’s Worth of GIS Assignments
My portfolio is definitely a work in progress and i know i have only grasped the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what can be done in the digital world. However, here’s the beginning of my journey into a new field.
A Kinesthetic Learner‘s Walk in the Country
I’m a kinesthetic learner. It just means i’m not learning well unless i’m moving. Whether i’m walking, pacing, doing something with my hands, or chewing gum, if i’m not moving, my brain’s not on. That means, to memorize my exam material, in rain or shine, wind or frost, i walk the road with my notebook. …
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Assimilation Day…Week…Month…maybe a Long-term Process
None of the adult chickens ever enjoyed Ellis. Ellis is crazy. There are some things you can’t fix in a chicken and apparently head trauma is one of them. Her skin may have grown back together over her skull but the mental scars run deeper and she is just an absolute total nutter. It’s gotten …
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