We had some of those storms around here too, they got a little too close. In fact they were building a new hotel in Owasso and the winds did a number on it. It is all completely smashed and 4 stories are now laying on the ground. It is amazing what that wind can do.

I bet it was cool to see that fox. When we go visit my sister in NM they have all kinds of Gods creatures around their house. I always have my camera out snapping pictures. It is just cool!

I happened upon your blog on Russ’ website… The Mom blog thing is pretty neat stuff… I’m not a mom but can relate to mom stories and troubles raising kids today… (I’m #3 of six children in my family) As well, I helped raise my three of my God children while their dad was doing his duties for our country years ago… the children are grown now and alot of them chose roads I wouldn’t have and now they are dealing with their own struggles in life… I have a niece whom I had a wonderful relationship with until she became a preteen and under the influence of a mom who isn’t a responsible mom and our relationship now suffers because I don’t want the trouble and sin that follows her mom….

I love gospel music — it preaches to me and fills my soul better than any preacher can (I told my pastor that recently) and I am a big fan of Russ and the Taff writings and I know very well that includes you…. I just wanted to drop you a line of hello and say thank you to you and Russ for filling me when I need it most….

I hope I can pop in every once in awhile to say hello…

the redfox you came upon — well how awesome is that…. I’ve got a cardinal that thinks my black suv is his mirror — if I don’t fold the side mirrors in when I come home he has them all “pooped” up just a preaning, and dive bombing into my vehicle to get a look at himself or thinking it’s a mate he’s seeing…

well enough of my rambling… thanks for your time!

I am getting planting fever too! Really bad. I’m beginning to eye anything concave that might hold dirt that I can “seed”. A few years ago I was at a garage sale and this house had a row of garbage cans in the back yard with garden plants growing profusely in them. The lady there said she planted them for her 84 year old father who was wheelchair bound and missed gardening so much. He could wheel his chair up to the cans and weed and care for his “garden” with ease! I thought that was a cool idea! She just filled a thirty gallon garbage can with first a layer of stone, then black dirt! And you wouldn’t have the bug problem (like those little worms that crawl along the ground and eat right through your plant stems) with the plants being so high off the ground.

Hey, I think that’s a good idea for ME! And since I’m always running here and there with the car, I could line those cans all along the driveway and roll the window down on my way out, stick my arm out, and tend the “garden” as I leave my house! (Would that be a “drive-by weeding”?)

We have a silver fox run across our yard occasionally, and at first, I thought it was a dog. Then I noticed that his beautiful fluffly silver tail was as long as his (or her) body! They are a beautiful animal! I know what you’re thinking! And Charlotte! But, Tori, don’t try to make a pet out of one——-or you’ll be cleaning up more than a little “puddle”!

I sure hope you can find your gardenia. The picture is beautiful.

And let’s not mention these scary predictions! I was just listening to the weather channel and their dire stories of these massive tornadoes hitting across the US. It is frightening. I mean, we just had one hit approximately an hour from us this past week when it hit Suffolk, VA! That’s all I need is to be driving home from Saturday Academy and teaching my handful of students and see a tornado coming.

Glad you saw the fox and enjoyed it. As long as he doesn’t come near my dad’s chickens, he is beautiful. But if he comes on this farm and tries to have a buffet on them, he probably will not survive.