Oh, lightening

A few weeks back we had some crazy weather but I was able to take some awesome pictures.  

The boys were excited to see my pictures and jumped with joy when I was able to get another one. 

And another....

And another....

And another...

After that last one the storms let up and the lightening was gone.  We were left with 5 inches of rain the following morning.  The news informed everyone in our city to stay put.  The flooding was incredible.  The worst came days later with the flood of mosquitoes.  I hate those things.  They have finally died down some after a few weeks.  I can finally get to the garden which was very neglected.

Garden news to come...stay tuned... 

Fuzzy Fuzzy Garden Eating Catepillar

I was outside and came across this little buggy.  It is hairy and crawly.  I couldn't figure out what it was or what it will be.  Of course being the good homeschool mommy that I am I brought it indoors. 

I brought in some yellow flowers so it could continue to eat.  Don't you think it needs a haircut?  Look at those eyes.  

It had nice reddish hairs on the bottom.  Can you see it holding on to that stem?  

  It went to the top and started to do its change.  So now we wait to see what it turns into.  We take a look everyday to see if something has happened but nothing yet.  Wonder what it will look like?   

Africanized Honey Bees

These mean things still exist and they were very close to us.  Like on our property.  Hubby and a friend were attacked and good thing they only got stung once each.  You should have seen these two grown men run though.  


We have a friend who we call the "Bee Man" because he has many bee hives for that precious honey.  He found out about our little up front and personal encounter and called and came prepared to take them on.  Those things were aggressive but he took care of them.  Now we will not be afraid to be on the lawn mower or at the pool.  They were pretty close to the pool.  Glad we have the "Bee Man" for a friend.  

Bee Man to the rescue!

It's been a while

Yes, it's been a while.  I've been busy working on getting my medications straight.  If you are interested, I'm still working on this one.  I've also been enjoying the cooler weather.  The boys and I got the garden going.  We have some tomatoes almost ready to harvest.  We planted green beans, peas, cucumbers, cantaloupe, watermelon, bell peppers, jalapenos, onions, carrots, zucchini, yellow squash and some zinnias.  I'm still thinking about what else to plant.  I still have space in that garden.  Any suggestions?  

We've embarked on a family learning experience.  We are learning sign language.  We have been learning a lot and can now at least understand what is being said by our deaf friends.  When we decided to do this as a family we went to the big chain book stores and got some ASL dictionaries.  This is great for learning words but our question was how to do you speak in ASL.  It's not like speaking in english.  We searched and found a site for ASL grammar.  I got the books in pdf and we have started to figure out how the grammar for ASL works.      

Here I am at one of our sign language practice classes at a friends house.  I think there were about 25 of us learning that day.  Of course it was fun eating the food too.  That was a lot of fun.  We have been driving to a congregation meeting in sign language out of town.  That has been lots of fun also. 

We took a trip to the Houston zoo and really enjoyed the cool breeze that day.  We have also taken days off of school to accomplish other learning experiences.  Also days off with hubby have been fun even if we just stayed home and just did work around the house.  It's the best time of the year when the cold stops and it's just mild enough to be outside in shorts.  That is when we take time off.  It's not much time we have when the weather is perfect to be outside.  We always say our winter is maybe 3months, spring is about 3 weeks and our hot and humid summer is the rest.  BLAH!  


Now that summer is coming on in South Texas it will be time for finishing up our school year.  I hope to be posting some more now.  Nice to be back.