A white hollyhock, blooming out of season, was picked before the first hard frost, and has bloomed all week on the kitchen windowsill as the days shorten. Saturday brought gale force winds. The birds were blown off the back porch in gusts. Luckily, we don’t celebrate Guy Fawkes day in this country, because there would […]

To my dismay, WordPress has updated, and the post I have done does not appear correctly after I publish – the pictures all run together. I will try to sort this out tomorrow… November has arrived, and with it, a new modem / router to improve the internet access (I have been assured). We shall

After a very dry, but beautiful Autumn, we are getting the promised rain, and plenty of it. Harry and Weedy have accompanied me to Starbucks for WiFi. Photos are a big part of my “blogging”, but I may have to gravitate toward fewer pictures and more words if I decide to blog from home. The

My brother, Mark, & his wife, Cynthia, & their dog, Kota, are visiting. Mark is very technically proficient, but he lives in the city of Chicago with a world class infrastructure, so he is confounded by the leaden internet speed out here in the country. I feel reassured that it’s not just my ineptitude. Off

This beautiful month is careening along faster than the rest! I have tried several times to do a short blog post, but the internet, while at least functioning, is too slow for me to endure! Now I have come to Starbucks for WiFi, and a long post, after getting my latest Covid booster. It was