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I During our monsoon season in the summer that wet air coming across the desert smells really nice. In the winter you don't notice the air smelling different. Maybe a "cleaner" smell. This morning, it made me homesick for Los Angeles! The sky was all grey!

The past couple of dogs we have had HATED to go out in the rain, you had to literally push them out the door! Not Cherokee! He loved it!! But, since it has rained for two days straight now, he has spent much more time in the house playing. Thankfully he will sit in laps and play with his toys...

For those of you not living in a place that gets 10 to 12 inches of rain a year, if we are lucky! You may not find this as exciting as I do!! Here was the rainfall for a two day storm!

I have been staying up to feed the puppy at about midnight, so he won't wake us up in the middle of the night being hungry. I am married to a night owl, and this dog breed, I hear is a bit on the nocturnal side also. They will be perfect together! I, on the other hand, am a morning person. I...

Thankfully, here in the desert we don't have many foxtails to deal with. In California, they were a real problem! I have had to remove them from between the toes of my dogs in the past. They work their way under the skin and are HORRIBLE if they are not quickly seen and removed. Being a long...

I seem to have less time now that my husband is retired/out of work.... We are getting faster internet on Monday, so It will be easier to upload photos etc. My current internet speed is 115kbs! On Monday, it will be over 200+MGS. I can hardly wait!!!

I have said that sooooooo many times!! But... it gets lonely here with out a nice furry friend to follow me throughout the day. And sleep by my feet!

Years ago I used to show my Old English Sheepdog. So blow drying is introduced as soon as possible. In the summer here... on a nice hot windy day... it will not take very long to get dry!

A few weeks ago we had to say goodbye to our beloved Spartacus, who had been our furry friend for over 10 years. We miss him so much. It was very lonely around here with just the two of us. So.... we started looking for a new friend to share our lives. I wanted a little fluffy lapdog... My...

I bought the plant at Trader Joe's.... it didn't have the name of the variety on it. Last summer it put out dark purple flowers.

No. The place it came up used to be a a "play yard" for my chickens. So... it is probably a seed from an old tomato I fed them months ago now. I am glad it is in a place I can cover and put a lamp to keep them warm. I am excited so far it is doing well. 25 degrees here at the moment!

I do hope this plant won't be damaged from our hard freezes forecast for the next few days. I put a cover over the area and have a heat lamp set up for tonight.

This fall I moved a potted Clematis to it's hopefully permanent home in the yard. Now it is blooming!!! Silly plant! We are to have a hard freeze tonight. Just got done covering the plants that won't like temps in the high 20's.

That is one of the most aggrevating things!! Right now the coded are in the process of being changed!! We took down the coop very carefully so it can be put back up hopefully when we are no longer "outlaws" for having chickens!! The coop was not really big enough to be much of a storage shed, or...

Yes, we have a private school with a farm and garden that I was able to give the girls a nice new home, less than 5 min. away! And they have a rooster now!! And amputation is the only real "fix" But he is 10 years old, and that is getting up there in age for his breed. We are just doing pain...

Two weeks ago, I had a City Official come to my house and say they had a "complaint" about my coop, (not any of my neighbors, who LOVE the chickens and the eggs they get). Our city doesn't enforce "codes" about chickens unless they get a complaint. Well, I not only had to find new homes for...

I saw this Acorn Bird House on a Pintrest I think, And I have this tiny bird house, someone gave me years ago. It is in a potted plant here in the house. I have wanted to paint it and add it to the upcoming Fairy Village I am planning.

My son took this photo the other day.

Hmmm, I have noticed over the years, (about 20 years now) My blooms are different from year to year. Some years more purples, but, I NEVER get white ones. I did one year get a very pretty light lavendar with a ruffled edge on the flowers, but when I planted the seeds from those flowers, they...

I was so happy to see these striped Morning Glories!! Too bad I didn't tie some thing on the flower so I can collect seed from it and keep the seed separate from my regular Purple and Pink Morning Glories!!