Elder Anderson spoke on Life during LDS General Conference on Saturday, but his right turn into the topic of abortion caused some struggles in my little group chat of seven female members. I admit I, too, bristled. It took some…
Oh, peas
Don’t mind me. I may have shouted aloud and jumped up and down for joy when we discovered that these peas finally came up today. The weather has warmed up, and plants all over Stafford have exploded into bloom. I…
Daffodils!
It’s my favorite time of year — my daffodils are blooming! I just love these Marieke daffodils. They have doubled in three years, plus they are enormous and fragrant. Most daffodils don’t have a scent or are kind of smelly,…
Tomato Mystery
Where’s Scooby-doo? We’ve got a mystery….. My little tomato seedlings are growing out. They look so healthy! Today I noticed something that is strange — I may have accidentally bred a tomato cross! Stupice tomatoes are supposed to have a…
An Inauspicious Beginning
Well, it must be said: I’ve not had a great start to my planting this year. Here’s the bad news: Not one pea has come up yet, but it could be because I forgot to water them. Oops. The Brussels…
I have a dream… that CFM:D&C can become something far better
Back in the ye olde days when I was at BYU, someone told me that some GA had recommended tossing D&C 132 because it was directed at Emma Smith and not the whole church. The discussion was in the context…
Church isn’t like ice cream
Ever heard that (not very) dirty joke, “How is sex like ice cream?” “Because when it’s good it’s really good, and when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good?” Well, church, is not like ice cream. When church is bad, it’s…
Irises slow start
I was flipping through some pictures from last year at this time, and noticed that my irises are quite behind compared to where they were this time last year. We transplanted several hundred irises all over the yard last year…
Rose pruning comparison
I thought it would be interesting to compare last year’s rose violent pruning to this year’s not-as violent pruning to see if I could predict what the shrub might look like come May. I’m also hoping to see how much…
False spring
What started out as a plan to put in a few spinach and strawberry seeds turned into a two day marathon of work inside and outside for both Jared and me. Yesterday I wanted to start some spinach and strawberry…
Offended or offensive
I found myself down a rabbit hole today, reading some of the stories of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, after some ill-considered comments on a post in the FB group. Sadly, a majority of teachers did not…
I looked out the window and…
… what did I see? An apple tree with canker, looking at me. Well, I guess that does it for our apple trees. I was already pretty sure they had mosaic virus, but I had put off cutting them down…