Journey to Solar Power #1

We have been approved for installing a solar power unit for our home. This means we have had to make some adjustments to our landscaping!
2/11

Like cutting down trees that give us shade and privacy.

Then one day a truck shows up at 8 am to begin the marking process. BUT! I was not dressed for the day, nor expecting them!  Fortunately J was home and went to greet them...gave me time to get presentable
3/3/11

 and usher them in to do their work of measuring and marking the area for the panel installation.

 

 More clean up...making progress...taking down all the banana trees that were only messy anyway. They only produced bananas once or twice.

3/6/11

 

Take a Walk with Me

On a recent Sabbath afternoon after potluck, Chief and I went walking with a camera in hand.  Here are a few things we saw:

*Blizzard*

We awoke to a world of ice covering everything that had been left outside overnight. As the day progressed and the sun began to shine around noon,  the sound of ice chunks could be heard as they landed on the ground. Our brand of a *blizzard*  School was canceled...

Yellow!

My favorite color is a bright yellow, so when we watched a basketball game recently, I had to capture the guys who wore the yellow shoes to match their uniform.   It was hard to get a good picture...they were always moving!

College Life

I now have two Nursing School Students!  R chose to cut her hair so that she wouldn't have to spend time putting it up every day. 

Then there is J who just got his driving permit...so my job description is no longer chauffeur... but passenger.

Rosemary Chritmas Tree

We received a gift for Christmas that we could plant in our yard.  We found just the place, and hope it grows...I love the smell of fresh Rosemary!

Pomegranate...

 ...a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.

 The above description of a pomegranate comes from dictionary.com.   My definition includes: hard to eat, but great tasting juice.Or lots of seed with very little juice.  I would not buy them, but opt for buying bottled juice once in awhile at the store.  But alas when they are free, and come from the trees on your own property...

 

 A labor of love ensues for those who like this fruit. I sometimes squeeze them through a lemon juicer to eliminate the seeds and save the precious little bit of juice. Others who don't mind just spitting the seeds out will pop them into the mouth. This morning I pulled them off the skin, and those that want to can eat it as is.  Tomorrow morning I will juice whatever is left.