Blog tagged as TroubleInTexas

 Just after sunrise this morning, a hummingbird, foraging for breakfast, visited the shrimp plant and the blue salvia at the edge of the patio.  It was flying swiftly from blossom to blossom, hovering over one, rejecting the next, and moving on.


  Wouldn’t it be great if we could make ...


BlueSkies
18.09.26 09:41 PM - Comment(s)

In a corner of our back yard, a bat house hangs on the side of a  shed.  I don’t know if any bats use it.  The shed is on one side of an area I am planning to turn into my “secret garden.”  The area will be lush with blooming shrubs, ferns, bulbs, and seasonal bedding plants....

BlueSkies
13.07.26 10:34 AM - Comment(s)

 It seems as though the world is on fire!  From wars raging in Europe and the Middle East to shoot-outs in the local city park, it is evident we have not learned from our past mistakes.  As the song asks, “Why can’t we all be friends?” 


  It is obvious some countries and peop...


BlueSkies
03.07.26 02:17 PM - Comment(s)

Summer is coming!  When I was a child, this not only meant a change in temperature, but it seemed to me my whole world changed. 

For your edification, I am sharing with you some important summer rules.


1) You cannot go barefoot until after June first.


 2) If you get a sandspur stuck in y...



BlueSkies
19.05.26 11:04 PM - Comment(s)

We had been married less than a year.  My husband was just out of the U. S. Navy and attending the University of Texas at Arlington.  I was working for C. P. Waggoner Sales Company in Grand Prairie across the street from Chance-Vought.  As the saying was at the time, I was earning my ...

BlueSkies
14.08.25 03:08 AM - Comment(s)