Random Rants and Prickly Plants

Just some shots around the yard... this pic is a little overexposed, it doesn't really show the firecracker red of the bloom... but you ...

Well, the last post I was kvetching about how I didn't have any time off. This post, I'm gonna kvetchy about how I have too much tim...

Just a few shots around the neighborhood... we had three whole inches of snow last night, so I was just itching to get out and take some pic...

home-made Prickly Pear Cactus Jelly... also known as a mouthful of sweet-tart yummilisciousness... The reward for making jelly is what'...

And the jelly making process has begun! You start with fruit on the cactus... then you pick you a bunch of them... I picked over twice what...

Most of us have one of THOSE spots in the yard. It's that spot between the fence and the shed, or behind the garage. That place where ...

I'm afraid I haven't been a very good blogger lately. The truck is back in the shop, and there's some family issues that I am mo...

Well, ever since last Monday, I haven't really seen anything worth taking a pic of in my wandering around... but I wanted to make a post...

Actually, it started out as a thorny day... I had to do a couple of what I thought would be simple errands, so I called dispatch and told t...

When I'm working... I supposed to be chock full of all sorts of customer service skills... And, I'm usually pretty good about it......

And it will be all day tomorrow too... way too much rain. I know that some of my potatoes have already rotted in the ground... this is Texas...