took pictures on my bike ride yesterday.

this is when i walk out the house and look up.

and the graveyard on the start of my route.

this tree, by the church has grown through the fence. and a crazy silhouette of the church. it was just before 9am.

birds on a wire.

yesterday was trash day, i saw this metal school table. i wanted it so bad, but i'm not good at dumpster diving by myself.

and the small cemetery right around the corner from our house.

...and the view from in my driveway.

going to the french quarter this weekend to check out that possible volunteer dealy. if you want a postcard...

other than that i have a few more posts in my head...but not quite all the time to sit and put them all down. this was the biggest one

it's friday! hope it's good for ya!

i love the weather lately, here. it's basically fall. the sky always looks beautiful on the bike rides...i need to air up my tires, i got a work out today. watching the veggies grow. i want to make something with them. mmmmmmm stuffed bell peppers. i don't like bell peppers, but i will eat the bits cooked in the stuffing. what on earth will i do with these hot peppers. they are too hot for stuffing (for our families). i could mail them to people. they might turn red by the time they get to the destination, but they would keep for about 1 1/2 weeks while being mailed, i bet.

i am so dreadfully happy it's just not funny. i don't always have a smile on my face, but i am always laughing on the inside. my neutral face looks angry/scowling. my cats see thru that.

i can't knit/ sew/ bead/ paint/ cook/ etc... properly, but refuse to stop trying. you ought to see the ski mask.

it may look funny, i may look like a terrorist...but the warmth on the bikerides and walking is all that counts. winter, bring it on.

i love my spouse. dying for our future. i love making tasty things.

ok, i think this was my recipe for the oatmeal crust pizza: disolve pckg yeast in 1/4 cup warm water, while that sits for 5min., put 2 cups flour (i used 1 cup homeground oats and 1 cup all purpose-you can use any combo you want), 1/4 tsp salt and 2 tsp other pizza crust flavoraides (parmesean, oregano, sage, garlic, onion, total of 2 tsp). add the yeast mixture and a TBSP oil to the flour combination, add 2/3 cup warm water. should be a stiff dough, cover, let sit 15 minutes (i prefer warm microwave or atop a bowl of very warm water). put dough on floured surface, knead 8 times (i guess i should post a picture of kneading one of these days). make one big pizza (16-18 inches diameter) or a couple (8-9 inches). bake the crust for 5 minutes @ 425. (having greased the pan)

pizza sauce: fresh tomatoes skinned from freezer (or a can of spaghetti sauce or canned tom. sauce/crushed tomatoes). add similar seasonings as were in the crust, about 3/4 tsp per cup of sauce (unless using already seasoned spaghetti sauce). i didn't put enough sauce on the pizza, put a tad more than you think you need (oatmeal sucks it up). sauce pizza. place veggie toppings, then cheese, then meat. bake 425 for another 7-15 minutes, until it looks right. i made an artichoke (marinated in jar, cut up soft, ditch nasty leaves) and (canned) chicken one. they said it was tasty, i was a bad cook and didn't try it. i like bacon.

also picked some pears off the relatives' tree in texas. cut up 2 (these are mongo pears) and froze (to soften without and acid). will post whatever dessert i make them into when i make it. was gunna make a pie. but then thought about the oats i still have and the bisquick and the waffles i could make pear syrup for or perhaps i could try and make my first jelly.

i know it's been nuts with all the posts. it's the weather. i get so much done and it's all such a pleasure.

tonight is alfredo sauce from an envelope...thinking about dessert. thinking about a brownie pizza. one day i will become alergic to sugar or chocolate...that day is not today.

ok...the mind boggling thing he did is actually more mind boggling today, after-the-fact...many times when i make a huge post (with pics), coincidentally, xanga won't work after that. it happened last night. so when i tried to put up that 'what is forgiveness?' post, and the window kept coming up blank, my hunni told me to try something else. i did, it looked like it was working and then it looked like it went poof. i get up today, do some chores, and poof, there it is...it still posted.

so anyway's, yeah, this past week or so has been active and i have had time to zip on to the computer (all day yesterday, 'bad d, bad!'). i do have to post plant pics and then i'll probably lay off a bit again. i have lots of errands and stuff i got to get my brain around and do!

the first pic up there...the little things hovering over leaf...not great pic, but it is a spider with a fluorescent smilie face on its belly. second picture is the eggfruit from the eggplant. this third one is the bell pepper plant. lastly the pineapple is doing very well, growing at least. wow, now that i look at the picture online and remember that that was just the top of a store pineapple, i realize how much it HAS grown.

1. beautiful on the way to...
2. and 3. river
4. watermelon on the barbi
5. spider with bumpies
6. a red crazy flower
7. over grown tractor part with barn in background
8. century plant? my plant is a baby of the ones that grow there (in the pic)
9. snail acrobatics
10. jiminey!

update:

i fixed another deal and got the pictures off the cam. there's 18, though, i'll want to post. dunno to wait til tomorrow or do it today. my page already has a lot of pics to load up... the trip was fun, it really wasn't as bad as it sounds. the drive home was rainy and dark, but the only really bad thing was the alarm going off before we got home. also noticed, we have egg fruits on that eggplant we planted back at easter!!! 3!!! there are 7 bell peppers doing thier thing and 10 jalepinos.

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i forgot to mention i found an earring with a sparkly in it on that alabama camping trip (i am an accidental treasure hunter on vacation)...

also, we caught/lured the kitten and it was brought to the shelter on friday before we took off.

this texas trip...HOOO-EEEE..it took about 9 1/2 hours to get to the destination (little bit of road construction). but the trip back... | >  now that, THAT...grumble, something like 12 hours to get home. SD, can you imagine if i'd swooped down to visit you...it woulda been even more forever before i got home. if i get to do that camping trip down there one day, we'll probably have better luck. | left to come home just before 9am | stopped in houston for lunch with a relative. migraine from houston (til bedtime) | there were still lanes closed off even though no construction was going on. before beaumont, there had been 2 semi's jackknife and stretch them across our side of the highway...that was like a 2 or so hour detour. | so we get about 5 minutes from home, my mil calls to see if we alive...my migraine deals with that til we get in the driveway. | get in the house, realise why i rather someone watching the house (not the cats), the alarm system has gone off and has been going off since electricity went out. we are assuming the alarm was going off for about 6 hours and 16 minutes (looking at the oven clock that comes back on to 1200, now read 6:16, and hoping it was from the pm). it was now just after 9pm

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, home "were i want to go, home..." (coldplay)

DO have some pictures of were we were in texas, and also had a picnic in palmetto state park. glad we got that visit out the way. my family next. anyways, when he takes the pics off the cam, i'll post. the grandfathers' old barn and all is oldfashioned, 1910 charm. (i got the background story, and got to tour thru the family home).

when i get back, i have plans, thanks to ohmslaw.com, to make a little robot! we've had some computers in the garage...i figured they didn't work, but the drives might...

have another feral kitten hanging out on the back porch. this one is black, fuzzy and has a face that reminds me of spideys' older cat. it has a slightly infected eye. seriously thinking about dropping it off secretly with 'rents or the g-rents. we'll see.

turned a few h-m-d dresses into long sleeved shirts...the one i like the most, accidentally made the sleeves about 7 inches too long. really hippy looking.

i read a quote once that was something like...the inexperienced mind has many options; the experienced mind has few. it goes both ways.

yeah, had some issues with images auto blowing up on me for upload. 

this first one is the one with the tent site in view but it is from the street level. on the other side of those trees, was a stream that went thru to the beach off to the right.

this picture is of the foot bridge leading from a path behind our site to the playground (over the little stream).

that was moss or whatever on the ground in front the tree.

below is the bird of prey sanctuary trail thing. there were rehabilitation cages and a boardwalk, all raised, like a tree house. benches to rest on, too.

anyways, nuff of that cuz i didn't get the greatest pictures!
a few farm animals at oak mountain state park:

yes, the picture yesterday of white stuff was a spiderweb, btw.

usually i get more pics of where we camp, what our setup is like, i just didn't get to it this time. took pictures of the fish nibbling our toes while we fed them tortilla...but those didn't come out too well either

the goats were funny, that little brown one..."NNNNEAAAAAHHHHHHED" in my ear very loud when the grey one walked away to find that leaf.

and this is where i got my birthday present, top o the mountain!

it was to alabama,
oak mountain state park.
got a spot with a trail to the beach
and one to the playground.

next time bringing bikes!!! went to WAFFLEhouse for the bd. y.u.m.

once again, kidney stones suck.

abruptly planning a trip to texas sooner than we'd thought. for next weekend. the people called, we must go.

have some pictures from the trip...

...mammals next time

next week, this time, i will be above sea level, on vacation. you know i'm packed.

plans inside of plans. truth inside lies. conformity. perpetuation. recognition. re-configuration.

completion.

sometimes the black holes in life                           just are.

the lizards we knew are gone. they faded soon after the babies became prominent. the babies are cute... i miss the adults i'd looked at for the past few years, though.