Carol's Pond

   Carol’s Dragonfly Ranch Home of Carol’s Pond January 2026 This is my anniversary month. My niece Erika was born on January 24. I was Honorably Discharged from the USAF on January 25. I entered the USAF on January 26. I was divorced on January 27. My Mother passed on January 30. My sister passed on January 31. I had a total hip replacement on January31. This last week of January tends to make me nervous. Another reason to me nervous this week is the weather that is due in tomorrow. Freezing rain and snow are predicted along with very cold temperatures. The electrical power here is horrible. I have lost power more times in the 7 years I have lived here than I have in all of the other places I have ever lived. And for the most part, it is unnecessary. Put the electric underground. This area of Texas has an abundance of pine trees. I like the trees but pine is a soft wood and the soil here is a favorite of the pine trees. They sprout up ...

  Carol’s Dragonfly Ranch Home of Carol’s Pond January 8, 2026 Happy New Year everyone. For January, the weather has been great, but we do need rain desperately. December was an expensive month, I had 3 trees removed and my driveway, torn out and replaced. Two of the trees were very large pine trees that I hated to see go, but I think one was on its way out. But the two of them they had destroyed over 25 feet of my drive. The other tree was a Bradford Pear. When blooming they are very pretty, but they are an invasive species and should be removed. From its location, it too was going to impact a different section of the drive, so out it went. Today was the first day I could drive on the new concrete. I really liked the slogan the concrete company has; “ If you don’t use concrete, it is your own asphalt”. This same company removed some pavers and poured a small slab for me a couple of years ago. Pavers may look good, but in a wheelch...