Custard's New Job

House Sitting

Piggly Wiggly

We had a lovely visitor...Bella the Pig....she decided to go off on an adventure, and found her way to our house and she stayed around for almost a week... she's very friendly and sweet and she loved the hush puppies I gave her.... but her family came a'callin for her and took her back home...I will miss my Bella

The Best of Friends

Where's Twinkie?

Let me help you up..

Look Twinks...is it a bird or a plane?

Heyyy...

First Fall harvest

Twinkie

We went to the cat rescue lady's house....and brought home a new kitty.I named her Twinkie. Poor little Mustard was sickly,& too young to be without a mother, and she didn't survive, she lasted only one day after we brought her home....But Custard is doing very well,& now has a new friend to play with.

Juliet and Sassy

our granddaughter came for a visit..

Custard likes to observe the chickens on the porch.

Sassafras is now laying lovely brown eggs!

Custard in a pensive mood

This morning I went to the kitchen door and this is what I saw

Mustard and Custard

We got 2 kittens from a lady who rescues homeless cats. I named them Mustard and Custard.

Did the radio show

It was scary, and I was nervous. But Jack E Jett was so very nice. I hope I did okay.
It is a little hard for me to rehash my past sometimes. Life is completely different now, & I rarely look back. But I have been blessed, then, & now.
I miss my kitty. Perhaps I will get another. A little orphan kitty who needs a home.

about rational radio

Got a comment from John. He said you can go to www.rationalradio.org to listen in. 1:30 central time.Thank you John....all this new technology! Who would have thought you can listen to radio on line? Apparently, not me!

Rational Radio

Guess what? I am gonna be on the radio Saturday the 18th. The Jack E. Jett show. I hope I do okay. It's in Dallas TX. on Rational Radio.Who knows what it will be about. He is bright & very funny, so we shall see! If you can't get this station, I'll let you know how it went..

I love You Pooders

A Tribute to Pooders

My sweet kitty..Pooders got sick Thurs morning, & by Friday night, he was in bad shape..he could hardly stand.I was so alarmed, & we took him to the hospital this morning, & they tried everything, but he didn't make it. My heart is broken. Some may say "it was just a cat".I say, exactly, Just a Cat. Who never wanted to hurt anyone, who only wanted to be petted & fed & loved. Who just wanted a nice place to sleep and a place to come in out of the rain. And I loved him, he brought me joy every day. And I miss his little face, and his meow that sounded like Hellooo. And I don't know how to be without him.

Follow the Leader

Canning day..........Before and after

Some Pickling Secrets: If you decide to make your own pickles, you need to know not to use cucumbers from your grocery store because they are coated with wax, ( I think because they keep fresher longer that way), however, the pickling brine can not get through the wax coating. You should only pickle vegetables from your own garden. Or from a road side vegetable stand...Normally, they don't coat them with anything, but I'd ask first.

3 Roosters

When you first get baby chicks, there is no way to tell if they are boys or girls. (unless you can get what they call "Sex linked chickens" who have been bred in a certain way that reveals their gender, which is a bit costly and is not available here) So... when we got our baby chicks, it was what is called "first run" meaning, they could be girls, or they could be boys.
So, knowing this, we took a chance, and hoped for the best. The way to find out if they are roosters is this: when they are about 2 or 3 months old, the boys start to crow So,we now know that we have 3 that are boys, because 3 are now crowing (Quite LOUDLY) Lenny, Squiggy, and Mugwort. The girls remain: Sassafrass, Ginger, & Marianne.

Cockadoodledooo

Shirley crowed this morning. So, now we have 3 roosters. Not good. I will call him Squiggy.

The Chickens, and our first harvest

From the garden:purple beans, yellow squash, zucchini, and A tomato...The chickens are getting so big now, they are about 12 weeks old. I don't really know how many are hens, and how many are roosters, but 2 are now crowing, so it looks like we have at least 2 boys..Really hope the rest are girls, so we can have eggs!!

It's finally done

Ok here is how the laundry room looks now that it is finished. Nice, huh? No you can not see the other wall that is not papered, but believe me it's there, on the other side next to the washing machine.. (it is a laundry /powder room) If you click on this photo, you can see the detail of the paper, and it's really cute!! And you can also see how perfect it has been put up by my wonderful, talented, and extremely handy husband. (and he's also very handsome)

The laundry room Debacle

OK, the wallpaper is up, and it looks so pretty..But, I measured wrong ,so we don't have enough, and now, one entire wall is unpapered. Oh crap. Well, we will just paint it, 1st, we can't afford to buy more paper (it's expensive!) And 2nd, Jonny was not real happy hanging it..It is not the pre-pasted kind, and apparently that's hard to work with (thus all the complaining & swearing I heard, while hiding in the kitchen) This is just the little laundry room, I'm now very fearful of the bedroom paper that is next to go up. Although.. It's pre-pasted!! But I probably measured that room wrong too..Oh no..

Life is a Garden

Fate has it's surprises for us all. Sometimes our miracles are handed to us.And sometimes, we have to dig them up, and other times, they are a gift from heaven, or a result from our own efforts. Life is a garden...just dig it up!!! ( this is a quote from my good friend Bucks)

laundry room fiasco

Well.. I found this really beautiful wallpaper for the laundry room..(yes, I know, who papers their laundry room?) Well, I really like wallpaper, if it was up to me, I would paper every room in the house. ..But, for now, we have papered just the dining room, Cause, it isn't really all up to me...Jonny has to hang it, not his favorite thing to do.... So.. anyway...I found this lovely vintage looking paper , and I ordered it and thought...my handy husband will just put it up, & it will be so nice! Well, now the cabinets are ripped out, are now in the dining room, including the contents..The sink is ripped out too,that's on the porch, & My house is a big mess, He's changing the vanity& the faucets, and putting up new drywall. It's making me crazy.OH..Why did I order the wallpaper??? Drywall?I don't even know what that's for. Well, there is no going back now ... I will post before and after photos.. If it's ever done..

tillin the garden

Here's Jon, tilling, getting ready to plant another row of corn. It grows pretty good here, but what we grow best are....WEEDS!! I am just about an expert on chickens, tho! Of course, there's still so much to learn. We have 6 chickens: Mugwort, Sassafrass, Ginger, Maryanne, Laverne and Shirley. When I come down to the coop, I call out to them, and they know my voice and come running, looking for treats. It's a lot of work, but it's a lot of fun, and we are looking forward to fresh eggs!
If you are thinking about cultivating a garden, raising chickens, making cheese, even making your own soap, get this book: Encyclopedia of Country Living, written by Carla Emery. I consult it almost every day for one thing or another. She even tells about how to milk a goat, churn butter, and catch a pig!

My Family

A Little Known Fact

Our daughter, Tulip, also appeared on the Ed Sullivan show with us. No, she was not under the hat. I was 7 months pregnant, thus the enormous poofy dress.

A fond memory

Well, I just saw the U Tube of me and TT on the Ed Sullivan show from 1971 ..Singing "Why"...I remember when Tiny came into my room (we were in NY at the Drake Hotel) and he said, we are going to appear on Ed Sullivan..and sing together,& I said NO NO are you crazy?I can't..I'm not a performer, no way! And I remember he got very angry and stood over me, hands on hips and said..there are thousands of people that are dying to get on the Ed Sullivan show, and he's asked YOU, and you are saying NO?? you can not insult Mr Sullivan!!.. Well..I didn't want to argue with that, ( I never won an argument with him so far anyway) so, I said OK OK..but I can't sing! (he already knew that) apparently that didn't matter. So.. we went for the first rehearsal, dressed in our street clothes, and we sang ..and I was so bad! But ..Tim was very kind, and took over many of the lines I was supposed to have, and also sang with me..louder to drown out my reedy off key voice.. Well..Then came DRESS rehearsal...I went off to the wardrobe dept..and was handed a very LARGE poofy dress, and an enormous gigantic hat..(the idea was a turn of the century look) So..I donned dress and hat & went out to the stage for the dress rehearsal..Tim and I sat on a bench, the music started, and he looked at me ( I saw his eyes going up toward the hat) & he couldn't sing..he stared laughing!! And I started laughing..and we had to start over about 5 times, (he kept apologizing to the director), "I'm sorry, he said, just give us a minute, then we both tried so hard not to laugh..but I don't think we ever got through the entire song without laughing..I mean ..I looked ridiculous in that get up..(I was very skinny and tall and I have a very small head... Then..the REAL show.I mean It Was LIVE TV.. no chance to screw up & start over..and while we were standing in the wings, about to go on..I FREAKED..I said "I Can't do it I want to go home, please I just can't!! And just then I believe HE GOT IT!! I wasn't being ungrateful when I said I didn't want to do this..I was scared..I didn't want to make a fool of myself..SO ..he took my hands and said..it's ok you will be fine just look at me.Don't look at the cameras ..So..we went out. (I was shaking with fear) but when he started to sing, he looked at me and I saw...Something in his face, in his eyes ..he was..helping me... it's hard to explain, but..HE WAS NERVOUS!.. nervous for me!! He knew..he understood how scared I was and he helped me through it...he really did..It was very generous and kind of him. And because this was LIVE,...LIVE TV!!.... we didn't get to see ourselves, until about a year later when it was rerun..I said..I can't watch.I remember,I stayed in the other room , reading a magazine, while he watched it...in my head the hat was now the size of an aircraft carrier...and my singing was like nails on a chalkboard..But..after it was over, he came in, and said..you weren't bad at all..you sang just fine...and I said,yeah sure (I knew better, he was trying to be nice).. But the hat!! how did it look? I asked..and he said..That sure was some big silly looking hat!! So, I threw the magazine at him, and said, I should have asked if I could keep it!

How it began etc.

A while back there was an E true Hollywood story about TT..(I chose not to participate) His former manager portrayed me as a fame seeking golddigger, wanting to take advantage of an innocent, naive star. Well..Tim was 37 yrs old, & I was 17! A kid! Tim pursued me, professed his love for me. (Early on, I thought he was just being kind to a fan).But, then, he began phoning me, and inviting me to come & see him..YES..I was enamored, I was a gawky, tall skinny kid that was picked on and made fun of in school. I never thought I was pretty..I was a big dorky girl. And, now, here's this nice man telling me I'm a beautiful angel, (and he's a celebrity to boot!)..I never sought fortune or fame, (nor did I gain either) I wanted to stay home, have babies, and cook dinner and be happy. Was I dumb, or what..We didn't even have a real home..just hotel rooms. Looking back now, I totaly understand that his manager was just trying to do his job, which was to protect Tim from from anyone wanting to take advantage..& after all, I WAS a stranger, just a "fan" and the manager didn't know me..So, I forgive him for the mean things he said and did back then........(.There is a movie in the works about Tiny Tim's life. ) I hope it will not be unkind.....

I wonder if there are other people who have gotten back together with someone they knew in their past..Has this happened to anyone else? Jon and I dated more than 30 yrs ago..and found each other again.

Home Theater Systems

My First Blog

well. this is my first entry, so bear with me..Yes..I was married to Tiny Tim on the Tonight Show in 69..and now I am married again to the boy I once dated in high school in 1968..I was 16 and he was 18..my parents didn't approve, they thought I was too young to get so serious, so I broke up with him and then..Met the Timster. I saw a kind,loving,caring soul,who chose me...out of all the millions of girls he could have chosen. Well, it turned out ...he proposed to several other girls before, and even after he proposed to me...I suppose I was the only one that accepted!! Now here I am and I guess I feel the need to set some things straight....