BBs Blog

I turned my foot sideways, and gently scooted another tarantula out of the way with it. This was the third one I had to gently scoot out of the way as I went about my watering routine. As I watched the latest angry arachnid crawl off in a huff, it once again occurred to me [...]

I’ve been making my yearning for a new cordless weed whacker known for awhile now. Rolling up the extension cord after I’ve finished using the electric weed whacker is one of my pet peeves. Lately, rather than do that, I’ve been using the little cordless grass shears I bought several years ago. They do a [...]

Funky muses, and recycled garden totes

Although the muse has been in a funk the past couple of weeks, my green thumb has been producing some lovely flowers, and a well manicured lawn. There are times though as I am weeding, feeding, mowing, trimming, pruning, and watering the yard, I do wonder what on earth possessed [...]

I am very excited to see some of the iris and perennial lilies are coming up, and have a very good attitude about growing. Seeing at least some of the many bulbs I planted coming to life makes me hopeful the others soon will. I also have some daffodils I bought at Lowe’s that were [...]

With one small cascading pot fountain in the corner of the front border, two frog themed ones in the north border, and some suet hanging around as well, the front yard birds are singing in delight these days. As I sat quietly in the living room one afternoon listening to the birds singing in the [...]