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Eighteen Years in Missouri
Author Archives: fairchris
The Second Wednesday
August 13 – As we have written about before, on the second Wednesday of each month, the Harvesters food truck comes to the Kingsville Adventist Church and unloads a LOT of food to be handed out to people in a … Continue reading
Chis and the Apple Tree
August 10 – What I am going to write about in this post comes from a story I remember that took place about 85 years ago. For the first time, one of the new apple trees my dad had planted had … Continue reading
And Now About Those Fruit Trees…
August 8 – We usually have pretty good crops in the garden and on the fruit and nut trees in the yard. This year hasn’t been such a great one thanks to insects, and weather, either too much rain, or not … Continue reading
Foods to Eat (and Foods NOT To!)
August 6 – Seems we are always finding something different as we walk along the trails that run around our 18 acres. A couple days ago as I was checking on the iris bed, where I had just cut off … Continue reading
Chiggers and Birds (but not related)
July 31 – Folks suffering from chiggers will sympathize with us. Some people claim that they are immune, but we are definitely NOT. We go around with dozens of red welts, some large, and very irritating. Chiggerex is what we … Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, Cat, Friends & Neighbors, Nature
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Animal, Vegetable, Or Doors
July 30 – This month we had two new outside doors installed – one at our back door and one in the workshop. We hired a young couple, James and Diana, to do the work; they are nice people who … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Home Improvement, Yard & Garden
Tagged Animals, Food, Yard & Garden
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Animals in Missouri
July 26 – As I sit here at the computer today, I’m going to try to catch up on a number of notes I have made, notes that might develop into something of interest to those who read our blog … Continue reading
Chic-Chic-Chicory
July 18 – On our way to church a couple of days ago I noticed a white-flowered chicory plant beside the road. Everybody knows that chicory is blue, so a white version is quite unusual. On the way home after … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Around the House, Town day, Yard & Garden
Tagged Animals, Cat, Insects, Yard & Garden
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Snips and Snails and Raccoon Tails
July 16 – Several weeks ago now we discovered when we got up in the early morning that we had had an intruder locked in our garage overnight. A lot of items on my work bench had been knocked onto … Continue reading
The Driver’s Test – Part 2
July 11 – If you remember, my last post left off as we searched for the Driver’s License Bureau. Now we didn’t keep track of the mileage, but I can easily believe that we must have driven at least 25 … Continue reading
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