When life is in a slump
It’s mid winter, cold and life seems to have settled into a post holiday slump. I miss the sunflowers, sparrows at the bird feeder with their raucous chatter and being able to take a break and just stand in the front yard with my arms raised to the sky, soaking up the summer sun. I’ll [...]
Bee Happy
The birds scattered seeds from the sunflowers growing in our front yard to lots of places we really didnt want them to grow. We pulled up the ones in the worst locations and left the rest. The bees love ‘em.
Beans
After we harvested our small crop of potatoes last week Cheryl planted a couple of rows of greenbeans. Its amazing how fast they sprouted and they’re already three inches tall. I’m sitting in our sunroom soaking up the backyard morning sounds: chickens clucking, bees humming and the fountain bubbling. Too bad it’s time to go [...]
the walking blogger
takes a lot of coordination to walk blog the same time. speech recognition on the phone is not 100 percent by any means. sometimes it substitutes strange and embarrassing things for the words I really wanted to say. the 20 minute walk was good and I saw some flowers. I found a trumpet vine like [...]
