This Year's Garden

Stuart was very diligent tilling several times before he and I planted. Even Mike tilled and helped plant corn, green beans, okra, tomatos, squash, zucchini, and watermelon and cantaloupe.
mmmmmm we couldn't wait. The deer and rabbits got the leaves off of our green beans and our okra!!! This has never happened before. 22 years of planting and I am still surprised. We are getting tomatoes and our corn albeit 4-5 inches long is VERY good. I 've got some pretty zinnias!! Tomatos -Wonderful--but not enough to can or freeze....but to eat regularly -ABSOLUTELY! I hope you all are having better luck this year!! (WE won't harvest any of the other things.)

July 2009!!!

It has been awhile! I hope you all enjoy the new look, I really do! My life has changed in many ways of recent; yet, my home, my comfort and haven have remained and stayed constant.
I am so glad to have good friends and the love of my Heavenly Father.
I thought my whole summer would be trying to find a job. Instead, I've had my grandchildren with me and 2 funerals in the extended family and now with 3 weeks left...maybe I can devote it to job hunting.
I am not upset...I don't know why, as we need a job for our finances, but I am calm and confident that I will find it.
I feel my life has gone one complete round with the death of my ex-husband. He has been part of my life for 34 years in one way or another. Life comes and goes and we keep progressing! Good luck in all your endeavors this month!!

Weary & Ready!

Opposites ? Possibly, but I love the part of one's character that allows them to advance whether weary or not. I have finished my last class and look forward to student teaching and my comprehensive exams in the spring. I will then have my Master's and certification to teach Gr 4-8 Wah-hoo!
I am currently working as a parapro in Special ed at a middle school. I am soooo grateful! Heavenly Father has richly blessed our family.
I hope all of you are able to find your little piece of Heaven on earth and are ever happy and thankful for it and take good care of it! Till we meet again...

It's Fall & Conference!

What could be better! I have a lesson plan to write and things to type, but here i am. Our prophet, Thomas S. Monson was wonderful! How inspired he was! Make it a great weekend everyone!

Tropical Storm Fay...

Just made Panama City Beach cooler and more enjoyable.
Stuart earned a free trip from work and how nice it was !!!
We left Friday AM and returned Sunday PM. Sigh. I don't know how to add pictures or albums to this but I just added them to my facebook! Come and see!
Did I tell you I love waves?? I love water everywhere and I am so very thankful to Heavenly Father for this enjoyment. It of course is a necessity, but he allowed it to be beautiful too!! I am often overwhelmed why He has blessed me to be so happy with beautiful skys, lakes and oceans and waterfalls and trees and oops! I think this could go on and on!

Picking Okra

This morning I woke early and thought of the okra that I should’ve been picked yesterday. I have a theory that okra needs to be picked every other day. If it isn’t you have very large okra that may or may not be able to be eaten. If it is tender still, it can be up to 4 or 5 inches long. That is the maximum length. I love the small ones 1-2 inches steamed…sometimes in cooking (just like broccoli) it gets cooked a little longer and loses its bright green color. It is funny –either way my children will fight over it. Other families are amazed, you might hear—she got 5, everyone got the same, yeah but she got the big ones! How many do we get- why didn’t you make more? Many families don’t even eat okra in soup. It is satisfying that there are family stories to tell.

I went out to the garden this morning and it was slightly cool and overcast and I was able to pick okra (2 quarts) and tomatoes (half a bushel). It was very quiet except for the birds and occasional dog or truck. I am able to think and reflect a bit while in the garden. There seems to be some magic there—well a spirit about it. Sometimes I wonder if my mom or mom mom visit with me. I feel a garden is important to have, temporally and spiritually. I am so thankful to my Heavenly Father for a garden, a yard, and a home. We always have so much to do, I figure maybe it is like a world, there is always something to do.
Margot, Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 8:40pm

Hi!! It is August 1, 2008--What a day! I took Mike and his friend Spencer to Fort Yargo and spent a few hours swimming...I was hardly out inthe sun--so I thought, so I got a sun warming!!hahah I am red, but not hurting...just -warm. :) It was beautiful, reminded me of wonderful times at other beaches... since I don't know how to add a u-tube, I will just add the url and you can view it. Thanks to some great people taking videos of it!
http://www.goswm.com/go_htm/southwest_michigan_parks/go_img/parks/parks_360s/park51_bs6t.htm
This is pretty nice, a 360 view off the top of Tower Hill!