LIFE Snaps of MadSnapper Caregiver

 

Oh look, the aloe is blooming.

Wander about at 3:30 AM in backyard with Beau, taking not so great Moon shots. the good news was, no flashlight or floodlights needed, the yard was lit up enough to see where we walked.

Make a calendar the cheap way. Printed out 12 months of 2026 from a free site for school teachers and taped them on the old calendar from last year... Pam,Ginny, if you want want for you Collection let me know and I will send you the LINK. 😁😁

It's only there to write reminders on and then forget I wrote them there

Take a shot of the Ensure that a friend who had 22 bottles given to her gave me to see if Bob likes it. Its way to expensive to toss away if he doesn't, yay, He does. 

but wait, wake up, there is still MORE....

Sit on Sofa with the TV so loud I can't hear the clicking of the keys tapping, browsing old posts because I am to tired to do anything else.

I found this from 2010 which means I have been taking photos of odd things in the house for many years and am trying to blame my lack of photos to show you on

my being a caregiver for 10 months.

The watches are now dead and gone, 

Don't Ask 

I am sorry, I have No One but You to Talk to......and nothing to talk about 

We can join Rosy for Nature Friday, because of the moon and the Aloe. We use Aloe for burns, and itches and that plant has been here since 1989.. 

Nature Friday with Rosy and Sunny at Living the LLB Life    https://llbinourbackyard.blogspot.com/

Aloe! How Ya Doing?

 

Aloe! How Ya Doin? Aloe you Vera much!

Today is Nature Friday. Let's talk Aloe Vera, the plant that loves Florida. 

We sat the plant below in our back yard, 36 years ago, the one above has 3 children in it, and we have had any pots of it. we use it on cuts, infection, sunburn, burns from heat.

After the hurricanes in November, we totally forgot it and by the time I noticed it, the leaves were brown, they were curled, part had fallen off. You see, this plant needs human help unless it is in just the right place. The right place for 36 years, was the back wall of the garage, under the overhang of the eves, with a wooden fence 6 feet away. 

They love our sandy soil, no need to buy dirt, they hate standing water, love bright indirect sun, they despise hard rain, and despise Hot direct afternoon sun... 

The fence was gone, the tree was gone, it stood in water, it poured rain in the pots, and the 

HOT Direct sun and lack of attention from us, nearly killed it.

I noticed its condition and I sat each of the two pots, one on one wall and the other around the corner just a few feet away. I totally forgot to take photos of them in their worst condition. This is how they look now. I will move this one around the corner with the all green one in 1st photo.

Just like humans, they need their parents to put them in a safe, dry, environment, with proper shelter and food and water in proper amounts.

All they needed was "A Little Help from My Friends"

We are very happy to say that the monster Powder Puff bush/tree needs nothing but hot Florida sunshine and takes care of itself, it loves hot, it loves cold, it loves drought or too much water, and it loves to be cut back once a year and that is all we do to it. 

The aloe plants now sit to the wall that is under the big tree at top left of this photo. Dapples' sunshine and in a protected space from heavy rain...
We forgot about The Dog that Pees On it. So far, its thriving with occasion urine splattered on it.

Joining Nature Friday with Rosy and Sunny at The LLB Life

Aloe! I have a tip for you

Aloe there! I have two tips for you. The aloe plant below works really well on cuts and scrapes and itchy things. Break off one of the limbs, open and put the slime all over the cut, forms a skin that dries and keeps it healthy..

I pulled out the pitcher above from top shelf, which has not been touched in years, and inside I found 8 plastic cups! those cups are from Christmas 2006. the tip is, store things like that inside things with lids to have more space to store... Just remembered I took cubes of watermelon out to three roofers who put the roof on in 2022. they were so hot and sitting in the shade tree to cool off, I had just cut a watermelon and cubed it to put in fridge.. The cups were perfect.