A few updates 8/5/26

I’ve gotten rid of the herbs I was growing.

They just didn’t work out for me, and I got tired of beating myself up about their lack of growth. I don’t have a Southern exposure, so they only got reflected light, not the bright, continuous light they required. That, and with the rainy season having started the end of June, they just didn’t grow as I wanted them to.

In fact, I’ve changed the location of almost all of my plants, having distributed them throughout the apartment as the app I use, PlantIn, has suggested. I’ll let you know how that turns out.

In reality, it should help 90% of them to thrive as I thought they all needed to be fried in the reflected light from the neighboring building. Oops.😬

So far, so good.

Until next time, stay happy, and healthy in the Lord.

I’m starting- again 8/3/26

I didn’t get many responses to my plea for anyone that reads my nonsense to please leave me a message saying so.

I’m not going to let that deter me from my path however. I do, very much, enjoy typing my thoughts onto these pages, so much so that I don’t think I’ll stop again; only take short staycations. Occasionally.

Having said that, I want to thank each of you for showing up, and reading what silliness I get up to in the space of my days. It means a lot to me, as I’m hoping you know.

I will endeavor to, once again, let you folks know what I get up to, any changes that happen, as they happen, and share anything you’d like me to share, (read recipes, patterns, that sort of thing😉).

Until next time, stay happy, and healthy in the Lord.

Who’d have thought 8/1/26

By the way, just because I’m not posting anything at the moment doesn’t mean I’m not thinking about things, and typing them.

One thing that might interest you is that my subscription to Evernote, that I’ve had for almost 10 years, was due to renew this week. Well, you probably don’t care a whit about my Evernote subscription, but let me explain. I decided to open the app, which I hadn’t done for quite a while, to see what I could find.

What I found were some old photos I had downloaded while back in the States, before moving here.

You’ll be happy to know that they are all there, well, most of them, saved for me to show you, over time. The ones I’m most proud of are all of the ones from the garden I had, that encompassed our entire backyard. We had an old wooden swing set under which I planted lettuces, carrots, lots of springtime veg. I even brought home the outer wrappers from the sterile instrument sets we used at work. (Remember, I’m a retired RN from the Operating Room, determined to find another use for the wrappers instead of throwing them all into the landfill. I’ll show you.)

I definitely miss having that garden, but, as I told my sisters, it helped me become the natural food freak I am.

If you stay with me, you’ll read about lots of the different natural foods I make myself; kefirs, kombucha, bread, butter, jams, to name a few. I find it so much more flavorful when I have complete control over what I’m putting into each food item, and knowing that the ingredients I buy I have sourced to be the best, most natural ingredients I can find here in Mexico City. I’ll have even more sources once I get my BMW back to rights.

Until that happens folks, stay happy, and healthy in the Lord.