I have three things to learn:Simplicity, patience, compassion.These are your greatest treasures.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.-Lao-TzuI need simplicity to keep me grounded...I need patience to accept the things I can not...

So my yard had been literally taken over by these huge monsters.  Not much I can do about them.. until the Calvary was called up....Within a few weeks, I have dozens of toads that are more than happy to rectify my grasshopper situation. They hide under pots, rocks and...

With the Texas temperatures well over 100 degrees and massive grasshoppers ready to pounce as soon as I open the door.  I decided to stay in the last few days and work on some necklaces I have been wanting to create for a while.It is getting harder to find the...

Our place has been taken over with millions, I am telling the truth, millions of grasshoppers.   It is so gross and unnerving..    We can not walk thru our pastures, not to mention our yard without several types of grasshoppers, flying up and clicking their wings....

I haven't posted in a while, just living life and doing what needs to be done...A little glimpse into my worldI hope everyone has a great weekend!XOCindy(p.s.   If you have a shop in Aledo and wanted to sell my necklaces, please call me. I lost your name and number!)

I was going through some old pictures on my computer and came across this picture of my dog Samantha.  I had to put her down in December 2010.  I miss her everyday!She was my very best friend, most importantly, through the hardest time in my life.  Sam went everywhere...