doing the laundry, tidying and cleaning my home. If I tell myself, “I’ll just get all that done first,” I risk running out of gas, so my precious creative efforts are given only leftover, low-quality energy. I have to figure out a way to put less effort into my predictable che...
the local tribe referred to themselves as the Wiechquaesgeck, and called the area Chquaesgeck, before the Dutch arrived in the 1600s – they finally took control of the land in the 1700
It’s also about the basic idea of equality in our society and the question of whether or not we now have special/protected groups of people who are legally untouchable to the extent that the rest of us can’t even defend ourselves when one of them goes crazy on drugs and tries to kil...
It takes a long time for a lemon to ripen on the vine. Liz in her entire seven-year life span so far has only brought five lemons to maturity. But the fruit isn’t really the joy of her, nor the point of this story. In the beginning, when she was a young sprout, I may have ...
Snow Crocus emerges. I first noticed this snow crocus on Christmas Day, which is the earliest I have seen it appear. Daytime moon Dark-eyed junco on liatris. It looks like it got a seed to nourish it on a winter day. We had about an inch of snow yesterday morning, which should melt...
are cafe bound to meet friend Phillip to buy him a birthday cuppa. I have a bacon roll in mysights together with a bit of retail therapy. Just a few bits in for lunches n stuff. When the highlight of your day is a visit to the Waitrose caff you realise that something needs sorting...
Iced “trees” over our fence from the neighbor’s yard. Last time this happened I was stuck at home for 3 days. My car does not have snow tires and does not “do” ice. (Well, I am pretty sure it won’t- we never get ice here so I haven’t tried my new-to-me car on th...
I won’t fill you all in now, but just know that the front yard is looking great after it had a serious de-thatching last September; the side yard is in the process of being converted to a raised vegetable garden; there is also a beautiful fence around the side yard; and the ...
At eight fifty five the sun was still very low over the allotments beyond the back fence. Got a bit of work type stuff to do today. Nothing too onerous that would get in the way of life. THG is off to the gym for her first class at nine thirty. Worrawoman. ...
Well, yesterday one of his gigantic bulls simply walked right into and over the electric fence in the back corner of our property. He ambled about, looking lost and scared, until he found two of my grandkids and thought they might be just the humans to help him find his way back home...