family… Making Plum Jam and Memories 20 Jun 201120 Jun 2011 Blessed with plums, the question becomes what to do with them. I've already made a tart and a crumble, and am still looking a bowl full of beautifully ripe fruit.…
Entertainment… Black Bear Sighting 18 Jun 201118 Jun 2011 Zoom in for black bear picture taken just this minute! Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Entertainment… Sweet Doing Nothing 18 Jun 201118 Jun 2011 The Italians have a saying: il dolce far niente. This means the sweet doing nothing. And it is as foreign to us as the language itself. Normally we work everyday.…
home… Giant June Moon 17 Jun 201117 Jun 2011 I've been awakened the past couple of mornings around three a.m. - not by alarms, telephone calls, or dogs barking - but by an enormous spotlight shining through the half-round…
home… Four-Legged Frenzy 16 Jun 201116 Jun 2011 We freely admit to feeding the wildlife around our house, even if it is unintentional. The squirrels and chipmunks eat the bird seed. The deer are dining on bits of…
Entertainment… What Do You Do With a Bowl Of Fresh Plums? 15 Jun 201115 Jun 2011 My husband brought in a large bag of plums, sweet, juicy, and just picked from a tree behind his uncle's house. But what should I do with them? Some will…
home… Hydrangeas 14 Jun 201114 Jun 2011 A friend is helping to plan her daughter's wedding and they, like me, enjoy the beautiful and bountiful mophead hydrangeas. She is planning centerpieces of them for the gift table…
family… Vegetable & Herb Garden 2011 10 Jun 201110 Jun 2011 Some of you who read my posts on a regular basis have asked what became of the plants that I started indoors back in the winter. Well I am happy…
home… Short Lived Flowers 9 Jun 20119 Jun 2011 Some of my flowers are long lived. They will show off through autumn and each bloom will last for several days. My hydrangeas are gorgeous right now as are the…
family… Who Was Supposed To Check The Gas? 8 Jun 20119 Jun 2011 Propane gas is our main source of really warm heat in the winter. Although we have a heat pump, we keep it set on about sixty degrees and then use…