Corn Scrubbin'

As I walked passed the outside water bowl for our dog and cats I could see a nice think coat of alge growing (perhaps as much as a quarter inch!). I then had a recollection from the past. I remember scrubbing out an old horse trough with a corn husk when I was a boy. We then played in the cleaner water (there were no animals drinking out of it at the time, so it was relatively clean). So looking at my dog's water bowl I had a thought...if only the corn was ready to harvest, but it would be several more weeks before that time. Then I had another thought. I wandered over to the old chicken pen and sure enough there were some left over corn husks from last winter. So I sntched up a few and got to srcubbin'...just like back in the day. After about 10 minutes (yes, there really was that much alge in the bowl) Pete had a nice, mostly clean water bowl again.

"Mama, I have a suprise for you!"

...I hear this many times a day. Usually, the suprise is a flower, a stick, a rock with an interesting shape to it, or a "pretend birthday cake" made from sand from the sand-box. Yesterday, though, when I turned around, my beaming daughter was standing in our kitchen, with a live horney toad! :~) (That is, a horned frog lizard; non-venomous, spikey reptile. ) I had assumed this day would come. I had foolishly thought that I was safe until the boys got older, but that just shows where stereotypes get you! :) Glory let the horney toad go after we took their picture together. She likes them because " they don't bite you, and they eat ants: for breakfast, for lunch, for supper, so you should like them just a bit." I love ya, Glory! :)

Ergonomics-Savey Feline

We have, from Taylor's earlier history as an Engineer, an ergonomically designed office chair. Many who borrow my computer grumble disparagingly as they straddle it. Others simply assume that it is broken. For the record, however, our little kitten, Panther, has figured it out all by himself, and finds it completely comfortable. :) 

Where did my Baby go?

All of the sudden I have a very little boy instead of a baby... Lord, help us to use each day wisely!

Panther

Taylor let the kids and I have a kitten, which we named Panther. He HATES sleeping all by himself in his box, but he is a real snuggler and seems to be finding his place here. I was slightly concerned about the added responsibility of keeping up with him until he learned that we were his people, but thankfully, our Golden Retriever, Pete, is taking his new responsibilities as Kitten-Nanny very seriously.  :~)  

Thankful for a Digital Camera- Part 2

...this was what I was trying to take a picture of in the previous post. :P

Thankful for a Digital Camera

I wonder how much money I save by not having to develop the 11 pictures that look like this for every good one???