The weather finally broke and today was an exquisite spring day. Our maple tree is in bud. The buds are fat and red and this morning, the little red finch was sitting on a limb and the only way to… Read More ›
gardening
SPRING FINALLY
It was warm enough today to wear tee shirts. I took a rake and cleared out the dead leaves from the garden. Garry dumped them into a crate and tossed them in the woods. One of the great parts of… Read More ›
SPRING CLEANUP – CEE’S ODDBALL PHOTOGRAPHY
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: April 9, 2017 Today was garden cleaning. It’s a mess out there, partly because it’s spring — it’s always a mess in the spring — but also because we had a particularly klutzy plow driver… Read More ›
WRATH OF THE HAG
I used to do stuff, but my son grew up and decided I was incompetent. He stole all my tools (which he called “borrowing”). Since he never intended to return any of them, I feel he and I need to… Read More ›
WEEDS, BRAMBLES AND A FEW SURVIVORS
It was beautiful. Magnificent, for a while. My son hauled boulders from walls long-lost in the woods to build the retaining wall. It took two years to construct the garden and fill it with topsoil and plant it. We had roses, climbers… Read More ›
Crocuses
Any day now … spring!