Share Your World 8th April 2024 Time moves really fast, but this year I never seem to have time to grab a moment and hold it before it’s gone. I was 65 and now I’m 77 and where did the time… Read More ›
Rain
IT’S RAINING, IT’S POURING …
Today we are getting our little piece of Hurricane (or probably, by now, tropical depression) Ophelia. I feel that we should also be having a Hamlet, but they aren’t nearly that poetic at weather central. It was raining when I… Read More ›
RAINY DAY
We need the rain. These days, we always need rain. We get a lot of little rains but they aren’t enough. We need this kind of rain, a good all-day soaker. This is the rain that fills the wells and… Read More ›
BIRDS BEFORE THE RAIN
There has been a wild surge of bird activity lately. I don’t know if it’s because of the lack of rain or just the time of year, but many birds have come and hung about. Today was catbird day. Of… Read More ›
RAIN AND FALLING TREE LIMBS
It’s really raining. I has been raining very steadily since yesterday morning and it’s raining even harder now. Not much wind, but I guess all that water in the dying tree back behind the deck has made the branches heavier… Read More ›
SHARING IN THE RAIN
Share Your World 6th of September It is raining. Not a sprinkle. Not a quick cloudburst. Real rain starting quite early and continuing. It was raining hard earlier and is now raining steadily, but not “tropical.” The rain is supposed to… Read More ›
SUNFLOWERS
FOTD – August 26 – Sunflowers Today the sunflowers pass from floral decorations to food for the birds and other seed-loving creatures of hedge and bough. They have gone to a better place. I’m pretty sure that they were what… Read More ›
IT RAINED AGAIN!
Share Your World – 24th of August Pensitivity101 is continuing to fill in for (I hope) a recuperating Melanie. Get well, Melanie. We miss you! It rained today. It’s not the end of the drought, but it was a big help…. Read More ›
KEEP YOUR SUNNY SIDE UP
FOTD – August 21 – Sunnyside Up! We had nearly 10 minutes of rain today. I heard the thunder rolling and I thought “Rain maybe?” I have learned through the bitter experience of this long dry summer that all the… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASON – JULY 2022
The Changing Season, July 2022 – SERENDIPITY Seeking Intelligent Life On Earth Remarkably we have somehow avoided getting COVID. Maybe it was all those vaccinations. Both Garry and I have each had four. Owen needs a booster and I hope… Read More ›
OH THE WEATHER OUTSIDE
This morning, in a single hour, everything our weather can do this time of year happened. I got up and asked Garry to put out some food for the birds. I changed my mind because I heard thunder and then,… Read More ›
IT’S STILL RAINING
I can’t remember the last time we had a whole day during which it didn’t rain. We got an hour of partial clouds a few days ago — early in the morning. By noon, it was dark, grey, and raining…. Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 