By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I would like to introduce you to my three little nuggets that survived the summer. This is Harry (for obvious reasons), Bob and Juliette. I had seven little gems to start with but for reasons due to weather and bugs they did not survive. ...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I do believe my clock is a vampire in disguise because it sucks the life out of batteries. It seems I am changing batteries out every two weeks. But I guess they are like everything else, they don’t make them like they used to. ...
By Teri Cayton Two more additions to the Jeep, I got the rear wiper motor replaced and the front park light finally went together. I just keep finding things to do to it. I still haven’t figured out the air conditioning leaking inside. It really puzzles me because the garage...
By Teri Cayton As the seas get warmer, the storms start earlier each year. It was the norm for hurricane and tropical storm season to start in September. But here it is the middle of August and we are already battling storms the length of the Atlantic Seaboard. The western...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Well Friends, the Jeep now has another front fender, three doors and new headlights all installed by yours truly. After installing the new lights, which were harder than putting on the doors, I go out the next morning when it was still dark, turned...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate It is that time of year again for zucchini bread, zucchini cake, zucchini fritters and anything else you can think of to do with them. I had a volunteer plant come up in the place where I had my garden and I thought at...
Here I am again with dog issues. The vet told me Gracie has not formed her shoulder muscles correctly and this could be an issue with arthritis later down the road. So this week I had to take her back again for a recheck. She is doing okay and the...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I bought an everyday driver this past spring and I am slowly fixing it up so I don’t put so many miles on my pickup. I have never done anything like this before but I am finding it is kind of fun. I am...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I hope everyone had a great and safe Independence Day. I stayed home and had to keep the dog babies safe from the big bad fireworks. They are scared to death of the noise and I don’t feel I can go out and watch...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I don’t usually get too much into politics but this is very much in the forefront today. President Biden has meeting with Vladimir Putin of Russia and I have some observations that I would like to share. Putin is the leader of a very...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I know I get my empathy for people from Mom and Gran. They were the type of people who would do anything for anyone. If it was in their power to get something done, it was done with gusto. I try to do that...
Everything is in bloom and this area is absolutely beautiful. I like to go around and see how many species I can identify. I used to work in the landscaping and floral business and I just love flowers. They just make you feel happy to look at them. There are...
The world is full of fakes. There I said it and I mean it. From our highest ranking officials all the way down to the guy standing by the side of the road holding the sign that says I can’t feed my kids. All the while standing there smoking a...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Usually when there is a lunar event it is cloudy and I don’t get to see it, but this past week I did get to view the pink super moon. You had to look hard to see it was pink but there it was. ...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Mom would be so excited with the warm weather we have been having because that would make the ramps grow so fast. She would be old enough now that she may not have made it to the woods but I am sure she would...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Well the old adage of March coming in like a lamb and going out like a lion still stands for 2021. March 1, 2021 it was 58 degrees and fair weather. March 31 it was raining snowing and blowing. Momma Said, “The old timers knew...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Growing old is inevitable but growing up is something totally different. Mom had that attitude and I think that was what kept her going. I just wish she had longer with the part of growing old. Sixty seven is just too young to lose...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Spring has sprung and a lot of the country is seeing devastating weather. Severe winds, tornadoes and snow are occurring in the middle of our country. This is not what we need on top of everything else that has happened this past year. I...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate This is the time of year when Mom would be outside cleaning up winter debris. She would have the mower fired up and pulling the lawn roller behind her going full out. She absolutely loved being outside, it was as hard for her to...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Momma Said, “Don’t forget to Spring Forward on March 14” and then the countdown to spring is just days away. My favorite time of year is here at last. I can’t say our area had a bad winter but I am just done with it. I...
