FOTD – May 22 – COLUMBINE It must be spring because the Columbine is blooming. We don’t have the fancy columbine I’ve seen in other people’s pictures. Ours looks more like the wild version, though we planted it ourselves back… Read More ›
Spring
A LITTLE PEEK AT NORTHFIELD
FOTD – May 18 – Spring in Northfield, Minnesota I wish I’d had time to get some pictures of St. Olaf’s campus, but at least we got some pictures of town and the river. A look up and down Main… Read More ›
WAITING AT THE GATE
And here we are. At Delta gate C5 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The flight is two hours late — so far. Delta has been a mess and not just for us. Pretty much for everyone. Late flights, cancelled flights, broken connecting… Read More ›
SPRING AGAIN – GARRY ARMSTRONG
We went to the dam to take a few pictures. More than 300 photographs later, we came home. Marilyn is still working on them, but here are some of mine. It was great being able to be outside without freezing… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AND IT’S MAY
SHARE YOUR WORLD 5-10-2022 I just had one of those WordPress experiences that makes me doubt my sanity, doubt their sanity, then realize that there is no sanity and I should just give up. I though WordPress had done a new… Read More ›
SPRING HAS SPRUNG – FINALLY!
FOTD – May 10 – RHODODENDRONS This is the way it always happens. All through April, you watch spring happen in the rest of the northern hemisphere and feel deep envy for cherry blossoms and fresh new leaves and blooming gardens…. Read More ›
EASY
How easy it is to shop online? I spent the last 3 hours searching for an effective flea and tick repellant for the Duke. There are some new products on the market including an edible tick and flea repellant, but… Read More ›
SHARING THE WORLD AS APRIL MOVES TOWARD MAY
Welcome to Share Your World – 19 April 2022 I’m glad I’m not the only one to find that somehow, AM has become PM — or vice versa — and the post isn’t where it ought to be. I thought… Read More ›
DAFFODILS IN SUNSHINE
FOTD – April 17 – Daffodils by Owen Kraus Owen took these with his phone, but it was a good day and the sun was out for a while. It has gone back behind the clouds now and it’s chilling… Read More ›
OUR GARDEN’S NEW LOOK
It used to be when I looked out my back door, mostly I saw crabgrass. In early spring, for a while, we have dandelions and violets, but mostly it was crabgrass all summer and snow all winter — with leaves… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD – APRIL 2022
Share Your World 4-12-2022 – Tena Carr, Guest Host Today is the first morning in more than a week when I’ve gotten up to see a blue sky and sunshine. Even when it hasn’t rained, it has been cloudy and… Read More ›
ORCHIDS AND AN EASTER LILY
FOTD – April 12 – ORCHIDS WITH A SIDE OF EASTER LILY It was great to have a nice day without any rain and with sunshine through most of it. As evening was coming round, it started to cool down and… Read More ›
A BIG DAY FOR THE BIRDS
I think there must be a lot of babies in nests — or eggs ready to become baby birds soon. The birds are not merely eating. They are tearing off pieces of suet and flying away with it. I assume… Read More ›
THE HUNGRY CREATURES
We had been trying to figure out which birds were eating all the food we were putting out, but this morning I finally realized the food is being consumed by a lot of birds of every kind you will find… Read More ›
APRIL? SO SOON?
SHARE YOUR WORLD 5-April-2022 Hack, hack, choke, sneeze, gasp. Oh, hi there. Spring must be springing because, choke, wheeze, gasp — we can’t breathe! Or see because our eyes are full of whatever is in the air. Pollen. Dog hair. Dust…. Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD AS MARCH ENDS
SHARE YOUR WORLD 3-29-2022 It’s the end of March and in theory, it’s spring. Pity no one mentioned it to our weather. We’re having another below freezing night, so everyone’s flowering trees will be dying before morning. That’s the way it… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 