Category: Living in Texas
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Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs (and the cows and chickens too, please).
Sitting around my sister’s dining room table last month, sipping coffee and reading a handful of words in Lauren Akins’ Live in Love between all the chatter, I ordered Heather Lende’s Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs. Heather is an Alaskan obituary writer and author, she’s also…
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Why I Started Foster Slow Living
Hi, I’m Scout Foster, a maiden Baker still trying to get used to my new last name. I married my high school sweetheart (kinda… IYKYK) in October 2023 at the most perfect venue in east Texas, Margot Hill. Our marriage was celebrated with a mechanical bull, blow-up cow costumes, and…
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Foster Garden Growth
This year, I planted: Vegetables:SquashCucumbersBroccoliCabbage Flowers:ZinniasCosmosPerennial Wildflower Mix Fruit:Blackberry and blueberry plants are planted at the farm so we get to enjoy those as we see them ready for picking. My strawberry plants from last year are thriving! I even ordered 40 more roots to plant on the side of…
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Oh, what a blessing it is
Walking cattle trails yesterday had my mind wandering farther than trails could ever lead. Oh, what a blessing it is. Oh, what a blessing it is to live where the woods are still alive, where there are leaves to crunch and ground to explore. Where the stars burn brighter than…
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Fellowship Brownies
I texted my mom and Mimi this picture and said “All I need is a full front porch and someone to talk about.” I used to look forward to the second weekend in June so I could eat the entire flat of two-bite brownies at our family reunion in Georgia…
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