Melting, Pool, Basil, Level, Skin or Not, Breaking, Moonshine Wine, and Plants

I'm melting,

I'm melting, 

Oh, what a world!

Sorry, should have said 

good morning first.

Good morning!

Now back to the melting part,

the temps are not 

changing around here.

I think the whole US 

states are under this terrible

heat wave.

Of course, for those that don't

know, that line about 

melting came from 

the Wicked Witch of 

the West, as she melted

away when Dorothy poured 

a bucket of water on her.

That moment always left

me wondering as a kid, how

did she take a bath?

As for water, I think it is a tad

to late to get the pool installed

for the summer. Not really, but 

by the time it is up, we would not 

get to enjoy it as long. Thinking 

I am holding off till spring.

You see, there are like tree

main sellers for pools 

Coleman, Bestway and 

Intex. If you read reviews the 

vary from this and that 

to the other with each pool.

However, Coleman is a name 

I know and the one I wanted

is sold out. Basically, all over unless

I wish to pay dearly for it. 

So, spring. I hated that I waited

so late but I had other stuff needed

doing, yard and a washer and dryer.

BUT WATER,

be nice to be floating around in 

it now.

I think I finally found the 

best way to grow basil,

shaded front porch.

It is doing so well since

I moved it about a week or 

so ago. Speaking of which,

my plants, although getting 

watered are looking wilted a tad.

I moved a few of them to

be with the basil.

Folks, this does sound better,

I am level 65.

You?

When I was younger, 

I could walk on anything,

now, not so much.

Where I used to go out

barefoot and loved it,

my feet have gone the way

of my body, soft!

Having moved out here

also is another reason I make

it a point to have shoes at

each door to slip into.

When it started cooling down

on Tue., I went and did my

walk about in the yard.

That is when I noted this.

Appears to be a baby and I can't 

tell if just skin or the whole snake and 

I am not going to pick it up and 

check it out. 

YES, I know it is dead, 

but still NOT doing it.

Don't get me wrong, I am 

not afraid of most snakes. I have

held large pet ones but, 

well, just take my word for it,

I am not doing it..

I know, I know, my mind and 

thoughts sometimes go off in 

some strange directions.

Ever wonder who lived in your

home before you? Or in my case,

what took place on this wooded

lot before my house was built?

So, between the word built

and so, I took an hour break. Not really

a break, I did things but now I 

am breaking from those things to 

the computer again..

Yes, 

SERIOUSLY!

Anyway, where was I going

with the house thing?

Oh yeah, I remember, 

I have all around the 

line of the sides and back

of my house, along the 

trees, wild muscadine grape 

vines. When I scanned them to 

see what they were cause I thought

they looked like grape leaves, my

thoughts were~

bare with me, I am all 

over the place today,

my thought was, maybe back 

in the day of prohibition, instead

of moonshining back in these sticks

maybe they made wine!

 

Actually, I did some reading on it 

last night. Over 1/2 of the vines you

find in the wild are male. So, to do anything

with them now, you would need a

female vine and, oh wait, sure 

I don't needed to explain this, 

you got the idea. 

But, that's the only way to 

make grapes from what I have.

Maybe I need to make an arbor, get 

a female vine and let them 

go to town, at least I know

they will grow here in this soil!

My brother Ray, oldest of the three

of us, is going to build him, I figure

he will have it built, a green house.

He has been collecting windows and 

that is what it will be made of.

Figuring he will get around to it

this fall. So, in my mind I have

already decided what to give him.

Course I cleared it with him first.

He wants the grape vine, 

I have plenty. The cypress vine 

seeds, a cool ground cover I 

have, I also have a Bracken Fern, 

that comes up under the carport. 

I dug some up for Theresa and 

also, I took the rest and planted

it in the tree line. I thought I planted

the rest, it is so big now cause

apparently, I left some roots. 

Whatever I find he said he would

take. I am excited for him,

maybe then he will stay 

out of Lori's hair and he will

have a hobby. 

Not sure the style he is 

going with but that is 

neat.

Speaking of plants, did you 

know this?

I had no clue. I actually have

some seeds I need to plant

this fall for this plant.

In TN you can request seeds

from the TDOT, AKA

TN Dept of Transportaion and

they will send them out free.

Like I said, I have two packs

that will get planted this 

fall. Plus, if they do that again,

I will order more. I have two 

wilds coming up on the side

but I think they are too much

in the shade cause I see them

all over out here in bloom and

mine is not blooming.

Might move them this evening

when I water.

Alright, I am getting off

here, I think my break was

up sometime ago,

Pam