It has been a wet Spring, which reminds me of the VERY wet year, 1993. This year is nothing like as soggy as that one, but I wandered back in time and retrieved some old photos from that auspicious damp year, when we lived in Bowling Green, Missouri, about an hour north of here. The […]
Wet Weather – May 26 Read More »
Just before I went to bed last night, we had a varmint visit outside the office window! The bird feed comes in at night, so I hope the varmint will move on to better pickings elsewhere… From his interest in the crumbs, I may have to start sweeping every evening to further discourage visits. More
Wednesday – May 25 Read More »
Another mass shooting of children. I understand that my blog is an escape, of sorts, from the troubles in which we are all entangled, but I cannot pretend this didn’t affect us. Harry pointed out that an indicator of trouble just might be an 18 year old purchasing body armor. Let’s start by banning body
A Sad Day – May 24 Read More »
A busy weekend, counting Friday as part of that. Suddenly, here we are at Monday evening already. Harry was up early on Friday to give a speech at Focus Marines. It was a beautiful day after a stormy night, and was followed by a very wet Saturday. Before the weather deteriorated, I watched a very
The rural internet continues to thwart my intention to blog regularly. Life here has been lush and green and without much excitement, anyway. Monday brought Rebecca to help in the garden. She unloaded and distributed 20 bags of mulch without me, and supplied us with the best eggs in Missouri. Rebecca’s French Marans hens, live