Spring is moving right along, at least according to my garden. The camellias are about finished blooming but the hyacinths are in all their glory. I just l0ve their cheerful blue border all around the house. They say blue stands for commitment...
The sun shines betwixt and between scattered showers. The peepers are peeping out in the bogs and the geese and ducks are honking and quacking as they fly overhead. And just in case you doubted the season, daffodils are everywhere. And so are...
February 20, 2024 Here it is, just a few days past the mid-point of February -- often a time when we might expect a snow flurry or even some icy weather. But, instead, it was a mild 52º outside with no wind at all -- not even a zephyr! No wonder...
Thirty-six years ago today Nyel and I were married At Croquet. Gordon was my Bridesmaid, Roy was Best Man. Joel Penoyar did the honors Much to Willard's chagrin! It was a surprise to everyone Except to my son Charlie My mother had the vapors Dad...
I asked the Garden Girls if they'd keep an eye out for blackberries. They like to hide themselves (the blackberries, not the Garden Girls) among the rhododendrons and other shrubberies and then come twining forth about this time of year. If they...
It's been a weird year garden-wise here at my place. Almost all the flowers came late and began to fade away almost as soon as they had time to say "hello." At first I thought it was because summer took its time to arrive and then gave us too...
I'm sure it was just yesterday -- but maybe the day before -- that I looked out our bedroom window at the tubs of York Roses and there wasn't a blossom to be seen. It's been that kind of a Spring, all the way around. But today I looked and there...
In the great scheme of things, or at least in the world of tourism on the Peninsula, I am thankful that seven ayem is pretty early in the day. There usually isn't much activity over at the church or in the road in front of our house. At least, I...
I can't remember when I last looked at the outdoor thermometer but it wasn't all that long ago. It said 44º and it felt like 20 below. I know I shouldn't complain (and I don't think I did) but this morning at 6:30 a.m. I looked and it was 50º!! ...
They're a hearty bunch, those daffodils. Never mind that the weather has kept most of us two-legged folks indoors if given a choice. Those stalwart harbingers of Spring are right on time, poking up through the soggy soil and winter blow-down...
"Believe me my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats," said Ratty to Mole in Kenneth Grahame's classic 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows. Oh how I wish Mole had listened and...
Do you remember the Kingston Trio's song, "The Merry Minuet" -- better known as "They're rioting in Africa," the first line of the song's lyrics? I can't get the tune out of my head this summer, but the words in my head have nothing to do with...