Faith, Family, Food and Dogs

I bet you're wondering where 'Yard Wars, Round One' is. There isn't a post for that. In Round One I sprayed weed killer all around the house and then some total vegetation killer in an effort to make my life easier. The spray combined with a few hard freezes helped me win Round One. This was the view was you approached my front porch late last year. See the tall, green stuff with the huge leaves? Keep these three pots to the right of the steps in mind, they will come up again later. Only one has a living plant in it. The other stuff is weeds or dead plants I need to remove. See it now? It had gotten totally out of control as the previous tenants apparently didn't do anything around the house. You couldn't get to the outside spigot nor the hose hanger on the back side of the front porch. Plus there was all kinds of trash down in there that couldn't be reached due to all the big green plants. I meant to take a photo from the porch looking down towards all...

One of my favorite things about Christmas time is all the lights. In a post last year, I think I mentioned how at Nan's house, I would turn out the bedroom lights then sit on the bed and look out the window at the Christmas light display two houses over. I'm like a kid at Christmas time with lights. This post is all about Christmas lights in my current neighborhood. Yes, its a tad late but that's life, First up is my Christmas tree. It was maybe 6-feet tall but it was the best one I could find that would fit in my place. On Christmas Eve, my son CJ and I took the girls for a walk around the block so I could take pictures. First up are my meager front porch lights. My only outside outlet was half-way back on the opposite side of my home. Several extension cords later this is what I put up. This is my neighbor's house next door. He ran his extension cords like I did. The blue lights have snowflakes on them and at first CJ thought they were Star of David lights,...