When I got up and went out to feed the birds, it was pouring — and warm. Less than an hour later, the temperature dropped and a pretty heavy snow was falling. Tomorrow it’s supposed to snow and rain in… Read More ›
Rain
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
SINGING IN THE RAIN – RICH PASCHALL
My Top 10 “Rain Songs,” by Rich Paschall Summer rain may be tapping at your window, or not. It’s been pretty dry here. So we need some musical encouragement. Before you can step out of a rainbow or sail into… Read More ›
WHAT’S A WATERSHED?
It’s a good question because unless you live in or near one, the expression doesn’t mean much except “Hey, there’s a lot of water around here!” Obviously that’s true, but there’s a bit more to it than that. As you… 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 ›
AND SO DIES THE GARDEN
FOTD – October 31 – Garden’s end I had hoped the mums would survive the rain, but they didn’t. The orange ones are blooming heavily right now, but it’s absolutely pouring outside and it’s cold. I suppose we feel the… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING IN THE RAIN
SHARE YOUR WORLD 10-26-2021 I’d have done this yesterday if I’d had the time and the energy, but I was dead weary and we got home with barely enough time to for me to cook something, eat it, for me to… Read More ›
THUNDERSTORM WITH MORE RAIN
The thunder woke me early this morning. As far as I knew, we weren’t expecting a storm, but these days, it can be hard to tell what’s going to happen with our weather. The leaves were rattling last night —… Read More ›
IT RAINS EVERY WEDNESDAY
FOTD – September 19 – Rain Glorious Rain Of course, it doesn’t only rain on Wednesday. It also rains on Tuesday afternoons. It continues through all of Wednesday and finally quits sometime on Thursday. Or Friday. Or maybe it’s still raining…. Read More ›
HEDGE ROSES
FOTD – July 24 – HEDGE ROSES The roses bloomed bigtime this year despite the rain. But if we’d had just a little bit of sunshine in June or July, it would have been much better. These are the roses from… Read More ›
WILD VINES AND TREES
More than a foot of rain in three July weeks! We set a rain record for this county this month. Thirteen inches — 33 centimeters — of rain in the first three weeks of July. It was supposed to be… Read More ›
FOTD: DAYLILY
FOTD – July 16 – Daylily The intense rain of the past month has had unexpected results on our gardens. Plants that usually bloom once are coming back and blooming a second time including the hydrangea. The Daylilies, normally moribund… Read More ›
THE QUICK CHAT
If you looked outside about an hour ago, it was as dark as the middle of night. Garry said: “It’s gotten awfully dark awfully fast.” “It’s going to rain,” I said. “I was raining when I came in before,” he… Read More ›
JAPANESE MAPLE AND VERY GREEN TREES
Trees in close up We brought this tree home from my cousin’s house in Maryland. It was a tiny little thing in a bucket. We planted it. And twenty-five years later, it’s an amazing tree. It is green all summer and… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 