2021

 haven't completely forgotten this site. admit I mainly use it to look back for things I have forgotten the dates of and the photos that go with. if you visit, thank you! and please note we do use cookies. somewhere. have never figured out how to make sure of that but google says so.

starting my new year with new breasts. okay usually I just say boobies. diagnosed with breast cancer in November of last year and surgery done on Dec. 31. bilateral mastectomy with implants. feels wierd to be honest. 

has been a rough three weeks, between that and also still having back issues causing leg issues, like pain and weakness. sometimes I get discouraged. not how I saw myself spending my senior years!! but it's often like that so I should always remember the good years I have had, and continue to hope for good ones to come.

now to figure out how to do pics - mainly use phone but perhaps iPad will also do... got to work the brain. ooh got it. check out my covid hairstyle curtesy of the dog clippers, LOL

Painting rocks

or just spray painting them and putting stickers on them.. a fun thing to do, check out  https://paintedrocklife.com/ to learn about it and perhaps get the kids involved!

So, have to have a name to put on the rock right? I picked thegimpygranny. Almost did the wonkygranny. Have you heard the wonky donkey story/song? if you need a laugh look it up on youtube.

It's the end of June. We've gone from moderate temps and a few t-storms to rather hot (to me at least) and burning up some of my plants. We have plants all over but one is a spinach that's rather tasty. Maybe next year I will try for more veggie type things! Then there's the asiatic dayflower, not precisely tasty but definitely edible. A little this and that and some basil and I have a salad right from my yard.

Will have to add photos here later. Seems they are rarely on the laptop, usually the phone or the iPad. Yes yes if I was smart I'd put them in the 'cloud'. Maybe one day.



Malabar Spinach

Just plants

another year slides by

wow.. talk about NOT blogging, though I do so find it handy for looking back for particular types of info so really should!
It's December 2018 so well over a year since I put anything here last. hmm let's load up pics 

 babies!

trip to Caprock

butterfly in back yard

puppy for a trainer

from way too floppy to can stand on his own!

 .86 find at thrift shop, stuffed with things I had on hand at home because well, he needed more stuffing and he could only flop around when I got him. 

Well, what's this?

I am so haphazard with my planting and my weeding that I occasionally get surprises. The leaves on this plant or so shiny I decided not to pull it out and I am glad that I did not. However I do not recall planting such a thing or though I may have thrown seeds out and I have no idea what it is. Which is pretty much common for me when it comes to my plants and my yard.

Anybody know the answer to that?

Fennel

So I planted some little bitty fennel plants on the side of the house not really knowing what to expect or what I would really do with them but it sounded like fun. They have grown well and now I also have some in the backyard, both the regular fennel and some bronze.

And since I am finally posting here after a long hiatus it occurs to me that I no longer live in West Texas and perhaps I should change the name of the blog. I really hate coming up with names for things do you?

Bloggeroid

Giving this app a whirl..

posted from Bloggeroid

A work in progress

Trees... As in goodbye trees, LOL. Three down, one to go.

And one is a cat tree now. Can  see the cat?

Painting,, again..

After what, a year? LOL

Halloween

New home!

More Bodie

Oh what have I done...

Learning long down stays

Cat food is the best bribe! This is Sky's opinion. Right now we do twenty minutes easy, if there are no big distractions. Cats running outdoor are big distractions but he will learn to ignore them in time. I toss a ball and such like, he handles that usually.  ;)

Last time I got him to lie on his side instead of staying upright, hoping for more relaxation.

geocaching with Sky

more painting

One of my sister's dogs..

Practising loose lead walking

and yes that's a piece of thread on there between leash and collar. We did about fifteen minutes at a city park, and did not break it!!!

and the biggest event of the year..

Sweet baby Mary

My "service" dog

Su was handy for helping me up hills, bracing me if I felt unsteady on rough ground etc. She did know how to get things for me but I never used it. Sky came along and he certainly isn't big enough to brace on so I decided, he can get things off the floor! I drop it, and he's there in a flash, looking for the item. Sometimes he finds it before I see where it went. Sky brings me whatever it is - though he has trouble with flat things still. And yes he gets a reward. The other day I was out in town and dropped something, stood there a minute looking down and heard my friend laugh and say "Where's your service dog?" She's right, I'm spoiled. And no he is not a service dog. He'd have to learn a whole lot more and I'd have to seriously need the help for that, but he is right handy!