Huzzah!
After about a month of cold and rain, the sun finally came out, just in time to ripen up the strawberries at the farm. This week’s PYO haul? Three quarts!
Unlike last week, where it took an hour to find just four berries, this week all I had to do was put my basket [...]
I have very few regrets about the plantings of Maple Hoo, but one of them, this time of year, is the lack of forsythia. Of course, forsythias look like ass most of the year, but for a few weeks in Spring, they’re the very best. We have one scraggly little stick in the [...]
This morning we woke up to the excited news from Boomer that there was a daffodil blooming in our yard. Abuzz with excitement, we put on our shoes, grabbed the camera, and ran outside, ready to soak up the glorious Springness.
Ummm… okay. Well, it is, undeniably, a daffodil. It is also minuscule. [...]
The first day of Spring was two days ago, and it appears the plants in our yard got the news. I’ve spent much of this morning glaring jealously at the little cluster of crocuses at the base of our neighbor’s mailbox, until suddenly it dawned on me that we have a spot in our [...]
I have a problem. A big problem. I have an obsession, and it’s starting to detract from my functionality as a contributing member of society.
Behold:
This is a picture from my workplace; it’s the view around the side of my building and across the pond out back. At a casual glance it looks [...]
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