Linda and Jon had a lot of items left over from their 'downsizing' garage sale. So we offered to take it all off their hands and donate it to the CMA garage sale and the E3 garage giveaway.

There was quite a bit of stuff.

But it all packed up neatly in the van and Great Grandad's new trailer.

Thanks, Jon & Linda!!

Great Grandad Visits Orchard Park

GGD went to see the new Senior Living facility where he is planning to move next.
He was greeted by his friend Sharon, whom we became friends with at Stonefield Assisted Living, his previous home.

He also was greeted by another friend from Stonfield, who is now working at Orchard Park.
Small world.

Grass To Garden: Driveway Planting Bed

After 4 years of study and discussion, we finally moved ahead on the 'do something with the sloping patch of weedy grass next to the driveway' project.

We started by detaching the fence panels and wiring them up to the neighbor's fence. This gave us access to the space behind the fence posts, provided storage for our fence, and partially hid the neighbor's fence. We were surprised about how much the extra 18 inches opened up the space.

 This is looking toward the street. The gray bricks on top of the red retaining wall are temporary. They will be used to make a pad for the trash bins. Later. Some day.

We got 3 cubic yards of 'soil blend' from the Plano/Collin County recycling plant. They take in yard waste and turn it into mulch and other garden products, and sell it.

Mimi was ready to do her part unloading the trailer!

Here's the view back toward the shed, after filling in with the new soil.

... and the view toward the front.

We can hardly wait to plant some veggies and flowers!

Meet

Gaylord Texan

We (finally!) got visit the Gaylord Texan thingy - thanks to our friends Carol and Dick Best (see them in the background.

 This is them in front of the mosaic fountain wall at the Texan Grill restaurant, where we had a yummy lunchner on the way home from DFW. Thanks, Dick and Carol!

Daffodils in the Dark

Since Jessica showed off her Spring flowers, I thought it proper that we should do the same. Except when I thought of it, it was dark outside. Not to be deterred, here is a photo of our daffodils - at night.

Pancake Day - 2011

Today we celebrated Pancake Day (aka Shrove Tuesday - thanks, Jessica, for calling it to our attention!) We began with authentic almost home-made ingredients.

Batter complete - all natural, no artificial sweetners.

First cake onto the skillet.

Add all the tasty enhancements - all natural, no MSG.

Enjoy the fruits of our labor!

Of course, we being us, we each had to make our own version, in our own way, on our own time.

Blueberry (the nasty looking ones), pecans, and cranberries... yum!

We ate separately, too. Of course.

(First to Blog!!)