Single Wide Life
Hi my name is Tammy. I’m not sure how I ended up in the tiny town of LeRoy, living in a 80′ Single wide trailer…but here I am. I always wanted to live in a Victorian mansion, or a loft in SoHo, or a townhouse or a…well anything but a single-wide tornado magnet in no-where Kansas. But with that said, I do have a pretty, sweet , simple life. Grab a cup of tea have a sit. Let’s get to know each other.
Mud and Little Green Things.
If you don’t like the weather in Kansas, wait 5 minutes and it will change. It’s not just a charming saying, it’s a proven fact. A day could begin calm and sunny turn stormy and rainy by midday and end with snow. Most Kansans have seen it. This spring however seems to have missed that memo. This spring has been caught in a seemingly endless loop of pounding rains. The reservoirs are pushing over the tops of the floodgates. The rivers and creeks (pronounced crick in these parts) are cutting into the banks carving them wider. My garden is a dark mass of sticky mud. I’m quite certain my bean seeds and zucchini seeds have rotted in the ground. My cucumber plants have turned pale, yellow, and are drooping on the ground. There is hope however!! My tomatoes and strawberries have little green things growing on them. Tiny little tomatoes and tiny little berries. It fills my heart with hope enjoy to see seedlings, then plants, then the setting on of fruit, knowing that someday in the not too distant future, I’ll have beautiful red ripe fruit. It’s why I garden. I love watching those tiny green things change and grow. It makes me feel so accomplished, although I know that I have only a minor role in its success. So despite my rotted seeds and dreadful cucumber plants, hope is coming in the form of tomatoes and strawberries. So now if you’ll excuse me I’m off to buy more seeds.
Life on Chicken Creek 