Entertainment… Summer Solstice 21 Jun 201121 Jun 2011 Today is the Summer Solstice, the first day of summer and the longest day of sunlight - over fourteen hours! The word 'solstice' is a latin combination of the word…
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…
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…
Entertainment… Audubon Swamp @ Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, SC and the Alligator Encounter 2 Jun 20112 Jun 2011 Have you ever been chased by an alligator? Have you ever had one try to flip you into the water? I can say yes to these questions. And my mother…
Entertainment… Fired Up Glutes and Movies 30 May 201130 May 2011 One of the best things to do in Virginia is hiking. And it is easy to find numerous places to do that here, whether up and down our hills, through…