When we moved to Bowling Green in 1990, I had never gardened. Evelyn Stone, the woman who had lived there, had been gone for a while and the gardens were overgrown. As I cleared them out, I found all sorts of plants that had been deliberately placed, and I started to become interested in the […]
Friday – July 24, 2020 Read More »
Stone was tired after a long night of grazing, and Tom Morris was, too, from a night of catting around. Also, it was another hot one. There were many finches visiting today, and I got an “in flight” picture. Those shots are just dumb luck for me. I did some work before it got hot,
Thursday – July 23, 2020 Read More »
This would have been Rebecca’s mother’s 92nd birthday. I only met Audrey late in her life, but she made a big impression. She was joyful and artistic, and interested in others. Rebecca and her sister, Victoria, had wonderful birthday parties for Audrey every middle of July at their charming farm near New Melle, and we
Wednesday – July 22, 2020 Read More »
Early this morning, as I was putting out the bird feed, I met this little guy enjoying the bird bath, though he is not a bird. Later in the morning, we had other visitors to the back porch who were not birds. For the horses, another day of rest was brought on by thunder to
Tuesday – July 21, 2020 Read More »
Today my mother, Trudy, would have been 92. She died in 2015. I think of her often with the current politics and “social upheaval”. Trudy was a brilliant woman and a fearless liberal. When her life took a turn she never expected, and she ended up in St. Louis in 1960, she worked for equal
Monday – July 20, 2020 Read More »