The Rest is History

 I probably say this every spring, but the colors are popping right now. The dogwoods have finished blooming and so have our red bud trees, but the multiple and verdant greens in the trees is certainly fabulous to take in from a window in the house or with the top down in Mustang Sam. Our service berry tree is blooming, well kind of. Every year we doubt that the tree has made it but each year Roy has the faith it will come through. Late arrival but certainly in the time span of spring. 

MB Haynes came yesterday to do the half yearly inspection. I don't like to be here so I took off to hide myself in the wonders of Marshalls. I probably wouldn't have used the term half yearly inspection except that I ordered some shoes from Nordstrom yesterday and half yearly is a very familiar term with Nordstrom shoppers. I'll probably write more on this in a bit. Also, it was so fun to shop in Marshalls all by myself. Don't get me wrong I love when Roy comes along but he sometimes cramps my spirit in the shopping realm. So I took my time in the paper goods section...and I know everyone is in suspense, yes, I bought unnecessary notebooks. I was there mainly for soaps, both bar and liquid. But I also bought some things for The Boys and The Trio, produce containers that keep fruit and veggies fridge life a little longer. I punted Hobby Lobby and went straight to the Publix and Ingles. Got everything with no room to spare in the trunk. The AC guy had left and we sat down for a delicious lunch of leftovers from our church's last Sunday of the month fellowship lunch. Country steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, creamed corn and dessert. 

Saturday morning we had a WM meeting. Got lots discussed and made some plans. Such an enjoyable morning with friends. 

Last Friday we bought tomato plants and bell pepper plants in various colors. Got them planted in the soil bags just in case we have frost before Mother's Day. We can move them to the front porch for protection. Gives us a two week start on growth. I am itching to get some flowers planted but I know better and I also know that the raised beds need to be prepared. We went to TJ's Mountain Produce and The Farm Connection. Love both of those local places. 

The blackberry bushes have blooms and that is always quite exciting. So in accord with nature this weekend will hold a slight dip in the temps. Blackberries need to have cold to help the bloom and thus produce those little purple tastes of delight. All the fruit trees have bloomed so we will wait to see what will develop. 

Mike the Mower Man has been here this morning, actually early for him. I need a fresh start in the front flower bed, so got all the brush and weeds out and left most of the plants. Although, I wasn't too worried about loosing plants at this point. A little later this afternoon the gutter people will clean out everything and give us a price on gutter guards. No gutter people, they'll come next week. The rain last week slowed them down a bit. 

We had a bit of a scare last week when Fido was not on his regular schedule. We were getting a little worried cause he had missed lunch and supper. Coco had been gone several days but that isn't unusual. She goes on a cat bender for several days, comes home, wolfs down food and sleeps for 24 hours straight. She's fixed so I am not quite sure what type of bender she might be on. Fido finally shows up right before his bedtime and since then he is back on schedule. 

This morning our neighbor told Roy that there was a black and white cat lying by the side of the road, close to the garage of the messy house. Roy went as far as he dared cause one never knows who or what group is living in that house. He wasn't too sure if it was a member of The Feral Fam. There is a colony across the road. This evening I think that the black and white cat might be Cutie. She doesn't hang around here like she did when she brought her kittens but would be around for mealtime. She also is one of those who could not resist the lure of the road. If it is her, she was a good member of The Feral Fam and the best mama cat out of all the mama cats that have come through the yard. 

I realized my Nord card is getting close to the expire date and since I haven't bought anything from them since 2022, I thought it best to use the card to keep it rolling along. Well, I just happened to find a pair of shoes that I have been looking for this past winter and glory be, they were in my size. So got new shoes and kept kind of current. The Nord doesn't really interest me anymore, which I never thought that could be. I don't know when they removed the pianos from the stores that kind of was it for me. 

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Foggy Wednesday morning. We had a surprise thunderstorm last night with a nice amount of rain. The loud thunder spooked The Boys and what has been an easy bedtime ritual was not so much last night. Willie got scared and wouldn't go in the bonus room. Of the three he is the least likely one to wake us up at night so we let him stay out. He woke up Roy scratching on the bonus room door wanting in with his cuzbros. 

We punted on a trip to Sam's and just did the Publix shopping thing. The gutter people came today instead of next week. Then just as they left the heavens poured forth a nice little rain. With a few thunders thrown in. 

This week in our lesson we are in chapter 3 of I Peter, talking about wives and husbands. I've been studying and I want to teach something else. Haha! We figured out how to get along a little bit ago in time. Basically, it comes down to self centeredness. On either party. This was more written with an unbelieving husband in mind. Anyway, after last Sunday as we studied we are to crave the Word I told the story of Ninfa. She made such great tacos al carbon that people craved them and as they say, the rest is history.