FUZZY BEANS

My garden is up and running and has been producing for several weeks. This past weekend, I picked my first green beans. They had a fine fuzzy texture on the outside and remained after cooking. I find that a little strange so next year I will choose a differnt variety. Don't get me wrong...we ate the tar out of them and still have left-overs. I just prefer my beans to have a smoother texture on the outside. They look great, are growing fast and have hardly any bugs on them. My meditative process for this will be to tell myself the fuzz is what keeps the bugs away and therefore the reason why I have so many to pick. I am blessed to have food straight from the garden to the table. It has been hard work but very fullfilling.

TAKE TIME

Take time to see what is around you whether it is outside in your yard or while you are driving. Just the other day I saw a new foal just after it was born, on my way to work. That made my day & now I look for it every day when I pass by.

BUTTERFLIES, DRAGONFLY & SKIPPERS

Every couple of weeks or so, I walk the property looking for anything I can see to take a picture of. There is always something if you just look.

ARKANSAS BIRDS #2

From our Arkansas home.Goldfinch
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Painted Bunting
Red Bellied Woodpecker

ARKANSAS BIRDS

Springtime brings some beautifully colored birds to Arkansas. Now that we are in our new place, we have seen birds we have never seen before. Maybe due to the close proximity of woods & a creek. We have many ponds in the state & quite a few nearby along with a large lake just a few miles away.Blue Grosbeak.Goldfinch.Indigo Bunting. Indigo with his pal Northern Cardinal. Painted Bunting.
I have more that I will load at another time. Hummingbirds, Bluebirds, Tufted Titmouse, too many to list. Summer saw a slow down in sightings but now that Autumn is here, I expect to see more.

Late Post for EASTER

We had a very nice Easter with the family gathering, picnic & egg hunt. The Eastr Bunny brought lots of goodies...
Now, I am on a bird watching kick...I have about a gazillion pictures. Next post to come will be of birds from my new yard.

GO MINDLESS

We've all heard the old saying "Mind Over Matter". It should be more like "Mind Over Mind" or better yet, "No Mind Over Mind". When you finally realize how your mind plays games with you, how it controls you and everything you do and every decision you make, it is no wonder we can have any rational thinking at all. It is JUST your mind telling you, trying to trick you, making you have bad or repetitive thoughts. Your mind trying to control and take over all your thought processes. Take time every day to step back say, "I'm not going to listen to it right now", "I don't have time for this today", "Get out of my head and let me be at peace". Let me rest my brain and enjoy life, "IN THIS MOMENT". Hence another old saying "Take time to smell the roses". Time to close my eyes & smile & to hear the wind & to feel the sun on my face.

Central Arkansas 2nd Snow

It is fairly unusual for central Arkansas to get 2 significant snowfalls in the same season. It flurried Wednesday, Thursday and this morning, then starting really snowing about 9am, coming down pretty heavy at times. We've also had quite a bit of sleet mixed with the snow. We might end of getting several inches. I'm just thankful my hubby got home okay. He was stuck in Chicago O'Hare airport for 13 hours last night after all flights to Little Rock were cancelled. He finally got home around 10:00 this morning. Word of advise: companies should never schedule seminars up north in winter, especially when a blizzard is predicted!!! HEL-LO! And a quick note...for anyone who watched American Idol last night...Us Arkansans were even appalled at the "person" representing us. If you saw him, you know what I am talking about, if you didn't see it...thank goodness!!!