The bush on the right of this picture is hanging down on the ground and the grass can’t grow under it. I had a man come and do some trimming to take those lower branches off and make it look much nicer.
This is the way the bush looks after a good trimming. I think it looks much better than it did and now the grass will be able to grow, because the bottom limbs aren’t hanging down on the ground.
July 28, 2011
The Bush
July 10, 2011
Broken Limb
I got up this morning to find this had happened. Now, the work begins to remove it. I’m glad there is someone who won’t cost me an arm & leg to do the work. 
Back Yard
There’s a large back yard that compliments this property to the point of a bit under 1/4 acre of land. There’s a riding lawn mower to help handle the expanse of the the yard keeping.
Front Yard
This is the front entrance and yard of the old house, I’m about to move into. The tree on the right was butchered by the electric company but managed to live into it’s 200 years. I remember climbing it back when I was a young girl.
April 18, 2010
Rains Came
The DFW area has experienced rain the last 3 days that was needed and yet can be a problem. A moderate flooding has been warned, with possibilities of it getting worse. We are glad that the weather is producing rain rather than drought, which we have in recent years had.
The flowers and plants will thrive much better with this slow soaking rain. I fear the sun will come out with fierce rays that burn the new growth. One thing has been nice and that is the fact that this rain didn’t come with bad storms, we so often experience here in the Texas area.
April 3, 2010
March 12, 2010
Spring…
It’s finally here, along with all the things we need to do, to get ready for the growing months ahead. I find that it’s harder than I thought, since getting the ground worked is not happening. The weather, here has been rather wet. Just about the time I believe the ground is going to be dry enough to till, it rains again. I’m not being able to get certain crops in the ground because of this.
December 29, 2009
Dream Wedding……
I not sure if you are one of those “little girl romantics” as I am. Down through the years I would dream of this outstanding wedding, held out in the yard or garden. I could see me walking down the path, all decked out in my wedding gown. Ahead of me would be my waiting groom, with a big smile on his face.
My yard wasn’t the most outstanding of yards, so my child like mind would adapt to the differences and figure an illusion beyond it’s limits. It all would be handled in some sort of form or fashion, I dreamed. I could see the roses, the bouquets and even the gazebo. I had to have one of those to stand under, in my dream.
I could see me going to the store and picking out a dress, trying it on and moving about the wedding accessories trying to choose my veil, plus amenities. There had to be this and that to accompany my bridesmaids and maid of honor. I could see it all coming together in my small girl dreams. This was going to be one of those fairy tale type weddings, with all the trimmings. Everything was supposed to fall into place. Unfortunately, the fair tale didn’t come true and our finances were lacking as well.
November 19, 2009
Ficus Tree……
This poor baby got frozen last winter, when I got lazy and left it out on the front porch. About mid-spring I noticed a small green sprig, growing out. I was amazed that the roots had survived, and watered it plus fed it ever so often. Now, it’s doing great and I’ve got it inside, so it will protected this winter. 
July 27, 2009
Grapefruit Tree
This was grown from a couple of seeds, I extracted from a grapefruit, that I was eating at the time. 
It’s grown so tall that I can’t get a full picture of it without lessening the effects of the plant. The rain we’ve been having has cause it to grow some larger leaves than the one’s below it.
