First things first! Please meet Alyssa Wendie Sisemore born January 20, 2009. Alyssa is our second Great Grand child. She's a big girl at 8 pounds fourteen ounces. And isn't she beautiful?
I stole the above picture from her Mommie's blog, the Sisemore Family, and couldn't resist the picture below as well. Her lovin' parents are wonderfully happy. Bless their sweet and loving hearts ! And Alyssa has already found the purpose of her thumb!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Amazing things...
Posted by Linda G. at 11:07 AM 11 comments
Labels: Alyssa Sisemore, blogging, Prescott Past
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Computer Problems!!!
I'm having some real problems with my computer. I have missing php and also 404. If you're a geek you might know what that means, but I think I'll have to take it in for repair. It started as a javascript problem and has crept through my system destroying (I think) Html. A virus?
Yet, I can still access Blogger and write here!
Just wanted to leave a note in case I lose that ability too...........meanwhile I'll keep working on it as best I can...
Posted by Linda G. at 7:18 AM 17 comments
Labels: computer problems
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
A Rose is Still a Rose..Isn't It?
When I posted yesterday, I meant to have a two part post. The theme being a rose by any other name.... but I accidentally hit enter and was published, so left it for today. Garlic is sometimes called the stinking rose, no explanation needed.
I wanted to talk about garlic because I have started eating a small clove of raw garlic a day to fend off colds and flu. I started this regimen on the advise of my daughter, who is interested in the antibiotic qualities of garlic, and suggested it after I'd been trying to fend off a respiratory tract infection for several weeks and was getting discouraged. Every afternoon I would run a two degree temperature, so I knew my immune system was working..it just didn't seem to have enough oomph to fight off the bug. After eating one large clove of garlic a day for three days, the fevers vanished and I started getting better. To benefit medicinally from garlic, it must be eaten raw right after a clove is minced or crushed. I like mine best on toast with some cream cheese but it can be sprinkled on any dish.
Here are some Cautions:
Too much raw garlic can cause injury to the digestive tract. (My thought..we have little friendly bacteria in our intestines...antibiotics tend to wipe them out and that's why we should eat yogurt any time we are on antibiotics.)
Garlic interferes with blood thinning drugs and shouldn't be used by someone taking one, nor should it be taken prior to entering the hospital for a surgical procedure.
I got this information from Garlic Central and I'd suggest that anyone who is seriously thinking of taking raw garlic on a regular basis read all about it there.
Posted by Linda G. at 9:28 AM 10 comments
Labels: garlic chives
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Juliet Was Right
a rose by any other name would smell about the same....
When I started this blog, I was all for cutsie. The One Acre Wood being a takeoff of The hundred acre wood from Milne's Winnie the Pooh. I gave family members the names of Milne characters and called myself sheoflittlebrain after Winnie ther Pooh who is the bear of little brain. While I'm not totally ready to put these childish things aside, I have a second blog in mind that would not be associated with Pooh and friends, so I've decided to change my blog name to my own, Linda. Since there are lots of Lindas out there, I'll be LindaG.
My other blog will be for the purpose of sharing Ee's collection of old post cards of Prescott and the surrounding area, something I've been meaning to do. This blog will stay about the same, focusing on my life, interests, and interesting animals and their stories..
Posted by Linda G. at 9:10 AM 5 comments
Labels: LindaG, name change, sheof littlebrain
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Sunday Morning Meanderings
First of all, I have a retraction..My Best Friend is not afraid of snakes. She emailed me to that effect and I believe her because she is truthful and also pretty much fearless. I do apologize to her and think I must have transferred my own feelings to her. While I have handled quite a few snakes in my time, I still feel a little trepidation when doing so.
I remember when our youngest son was in about the fifth grade or so, he longed for a pet a bull snake. We lived in Chino Valley which was still rural and one day, just as I was driving to pick him up from school, I spotted a huge bull snake just stretched out between a cornfield and the road lying full length, parallel to the road. I stopped the car, walked confidently over to the five foot or so snake that just lay there in absolute cooperation, reached down..and just couldn't make myself pick him up!
We stayed that way for a minute or two, the snake motionless..me just as motionless with my hand hovering a few inches above his body just behind his head..finally he slithered away into the cornfield. I got in the car and continued on my way. I didn't tell my son until years later because I thought he'd be terribly disappointed in me...
Of course, I fell in love with this story of a mother duck who enlisted the aid of a policeman to save her babies that had fallen down a sewer grate She pestered him by tugging on his pant leg until enlisting his cooperation. This is a lovely story and makes you realize there's something going on in those little bird brains after all.
I know everyone's seen this photo before, but it's still cute.
Have a wonderful day............
Posted by Linda G. at 8:16 AM 7 comments
Labels: bull snakes, mother duck saves babies, retraction, snakes
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Friendship
This is my best friend, Donna. We met in the eighth grade fifty-seven or so years ago, and although she's lived all her adult life in Florida while I remained here in our home town of Prescott, we've remained close.
I like this photo of her because it shows how brave she was to hold my grandchildren's pet snake with no shivers or squeals although she clearly wasn't enthusiastic about it. She's brave that way..and she's fun to be around...and we share a million memories of two silly girls trying to grow up....
Sometimes you meet someone and something just clicks.........
Have a beautiful day....
Posted by Linda G. at 6:29 AM 10 comments
Labels: elephand and dog, my best friend
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Arizona Alpacas
I wanted to get some close up pictures of faces. Like that cunning panda-face above.
Well maybe not quite this close up!
This one tickled us. Her eyes were completely lost in the depths of this luxuriant top knot.
With her flamboyant hairdo and her slender nose, one wonders if there's a poodle in her ancestry.....
Posted by Linda G. at 7:21 AM 9 comments
Labels: alpacas, P.D. James
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Trees
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
This sweet mother Mourning Dove brought her babe into the tree for a last feeding before dark, and this is the tree the peacock chose to roost in.
Posted by Linda G. at 7:49 AM 12 comments
Labels: Acorn Woodpecker, Cottonwood trees, Joyce Kilmer, ravens