~through the eyes of gigi~
Welcome to my world!
What you'll see here is life ... Someones real life!
Maybe mine. Maybe yours.
But always...
through the eyes of GiGi
Day 202...Tattered and Torn
Day 202
We went to bed last night without power, but were just certain it would be back on soon...
Not so...
Woke this morning, still no electricity, and thought surely it would be anytime...
Not so...
Shortly after 17 hours had passed the power came back on!!!
Those clouds I posted a photo of last night brought us a war zone of leaves, branches and trees down throughout our neighborhood, but less that 3/10 of an inch of rain... :(
Rain is certainly what we needed...not the power outage.
But, all is well now, no harm done as far as food spoilage
and that's a good thing!
I know too many people who've gone through that!
I'm so thankful we didn't.
Here's a photo of that perfect little Sunflower I posted two days ago...
(except for the plucked out leaves courtesy of the Yellow Finch, anyway)
She's not so perfect anymore but survived the storm nonetheless!
This is her reflection in the birdbath after toughing out the 60 mph winds and rain...
Just a little tattered now...
Day 201...A Storm Brewing!
Day 201
This is what the sky looked like before the storm hit!
Looking pretty wicked!
Day 200...Only 165 To Go!
Day 200
These two Sunflowers in my backyard have been ravaged by the same little bugger!!!
A Yellow Finch bugger!!
Wish I'd caught him in the act with my camera but oh well,
maybe that can be another days photo..
I sat and watched him fly back and forth between the big flower along our fence line and
the little one right outside my kitchen window...
I think he must be a baby because he just kept pulling the petals off and
spitting them onto the ground.
He wasn't even trying for the seed!
At least he's consistent...sat right on top of each flower and pulled a bald spot!!!
My sweet Meadow Baby was a hot dog after playing a few rounds of ball with "Dad!"
I think she needs a swimming pool!
Day 199...Walk Around Campus
Day 199
This evening I took a nice walk around William Jewell Campus!
Parts of it, anyway. A lot of construction is going on there.
What a beautiful day it was today and it felt so good being able
take a nice walk this evening!
This really is a pretty little campus!
Now you know where I was at 6:50 pm this evening!!!
in front of the chapel
Jewell Hall...oldest building on the campus
John Gano Memorial Chapel
an empty shell...life no longer resides within
Day 198...Wolf Peaches
Day 198
While making salsa, juice and working in our garden I've heard Mark, many times, refer to the tomatoes as "Wolf Peaches"
I'd never heard this term used before I was married to him
but wasn't surprised by his knowledge!
He never ceases to amaze me with his knowledge of nature, in general.
He told me about the old legends of witches using tomatoes to cast spells and how everyone used to believe they were poisonous!!
I finally decided to do a little research on it!
Did you know that in old German folklore witches used
plants of the Nightshade family (which includes tomatoes)
to evoke WEREWOLVES!!!
An 18th century man Carl Linnaeus knew of the legend when he gave the botanical name of
Lycopersicon Esculentum to the tomato, which translates to
"edible wolf peach."
I looked at a few different sites and found this particular one had the most information
where the old folklore and legends were concerned.
It also tells a little about what the word tomato means in other languages...
If you're interested, check it out! I had fun reading it!
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