The Squares of B: Azaleas from bud to blossom I think this is the first year I can remember when it was still raining in May. We’ve had summer droughts for the past 20 years, give or take a few…. Read More ›
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A PRETTY LADY CARDINAL
She was a very pretty lady Cardinal. Also very young. Lots of baby pin-feathers and she is also fluffy. They get much smoother as life moves on. She’s one of the orange cardinals. We have red ones, orange ones and… Read More ›
A BOUQUET FOR ME
FOTD – May 12 – Mothers’ Day Bouquet The flowers are from my son. Thank you! Happy Mothers’ Day to all you moms out there.
AS LONG AS IT RAINS
FOTD – May 11 – Lilacs It turns out no matter how weird the weather has been, the flowers don’t care as long as it rains. So I lost the SD card, but this camera has two drives and carries two… Read More ›
WALKING THE GARDEN
9:10 am – Squares for Becky It’s impossible to even think about “burgeoning” without looking around the garden and seeing everything blooming and budding. The few days, we’ve been lucky and the rain has mostly fallen overnight rather than all… Read More ›
THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE BOOMERS WAS DENIM
CMMC: May Denim Color Often, when I reflect on what positive thing my boomer generation did, I always come up with the same answer. We made denim into a high fashion fabric. Jeans have never been the same. – M. Armstrong
A FLOWERY MOTHERS DAY
FOTD – May 9 – A Flowery Mother’s Day (with a dog) I have the flowers but Mother’s Day not until Sunday. Today was a rainy, stormy, chilly, muggy one. I figured I should take pictures while I can. We could… Read More ›
ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME
CFFC: Indoor Seating We occupy the two chair recliners — except the moment we are gone, all the furniture belongs to the Duke. Isn’t this the way it’s supposed to be? What’s the point in having a dog if you… Read More ›
HAVE YOU EVER LOST YOUR SD CARD?
I went outside between rainstorms and took pictures, or so I thought, of the now-blooming lilacs. Later, I took pictures of my in-house plants and finally, pictures of a really pretty lady Cardinal and the new hanging plants Owen bought… Read More ›
BUDDING LILACS ABOUT TO BLOOM
9:08 am – Burgeoning Lilacs – About to Bloom Every year on my son’s birthday, the lilacs bloom. They used to bloom a week or two later here than they did in New York, but weather having changed, they bloom… Read More ›
YOUNG LIVES ON THE MOVE
9:07 am – GROWING & MOVING – Those Memories Although I didn’t take the pictures, they are absolutely square. We were burgeoning and heading for life. Was I ever this young? There are a lifetime of memories in these three… Read More ›
THE LUSTY MONTH OF MAY
Share Your World 6th May 2024 Now that I’ve worked that out of my system … May is that kind of month. Full of newness and the first warm days of spring after a hard cold winter. Buds and baby birds,… Read More ›