Actually I guess it’s really winter, but hey. Sometimes you just have to go outside and take pictures of your yard, if only for the proverbial “blog material”. There are leaves everywhere. The last time the gardeners were here, I had forgotten to unlock my back gate, so they weren't able to get any of …
"Consider the lilies of the field..." Or, in my case, the succulents of the back yard! The message of these words, as most of you know, is that we should trust God to take care of us, and not stress over the future. I realize that in the day we are living in, that may …
Or maybe I mean "A Sticker-y Situation"... Because while cactus thorns can stick you I guess they aren't technically stick-y. But anyway. We can do an English lesson on that another day. Right now I'm just worried about whether to say "cactus" or "cacti" or even "cactuses" while writing this post.In "Here is Yard Art", …
"Hey, Panda!" Foster's voice sounded sleepy. We were kicking back in the front living room while Mom was working on her blog. "What?" I replied, realizing I was kind of sleepy myself."Remember when we were in Peru and you fell into that cactus?" Foster asked. I had to laugh. "Yeah, that was kind of scary," …
So when Panda fell into the nopales in Peru, he said they were just like the ones at Carlos and Kate's house... ..and he wasn't terribly far from the truth. This is the one from Carlos and Kate's house. (We still don't know how Panda actually got that information, but anyway.) I thought it would …
In the 1970s the opinion was that you should talk to your plants. It was supposed to make them grow better. However, I don't remember ever reading that you were supposed to name them... Meet Sunny, the latest addition to my whimsical garden! Only $4.99 at Orchard's, which I thought was a good price. Not …
Nana's Whimsical World 