Wednesday's Child

This morning I was awake by 7:30 and making biscuits by 8. And by 10 I was out in the garden trying to fit a week's worth of gardening ...

I've had enough. I had on a down jacket and a fleece pullover today plus a vinyl raincoat with hood. It's May 29th. Where's t...

A picture from the pile I have torn from magazines to be used as artistic "fertilizer" when I need a boost or an idea. Yesterday ...

For the weather to be "correct" for planting. I know that others already have their crops in the ground and most are successfully...

No picture. Things are out of control here, with work, gardening and dog duty. I don't even remember sleeping last night. Just when I...

After many pleasant days in the mid sixties (we like that temperature here in Maine) we are having a "heat wave" of temps in the 8...

I'm trying an early morning post to see if I can regain my "upbeat" personality. I think (know) I have been dragging around h...

Here in Maine, when the temperature gets as high as 60 degrees, the shorts, sandals and sleeveless tops are pulled out of storage. And if t...

Polka dots and a big cup! G went shopping for Mother's Day and brought home two of these for me to fill with annuals or indoor foliage....

A recent purchase. A pure white, spring cactus. The flowers open into a star shape (at some point in the day) and have yellow stamen. I u...

I read Rice's blog post about not spending money (Voodoo Cafe) and tried. But I needed gypsum to condition my garden dirt (clay layer) ...

Is in the oven baking right now. Riley woke us up very early this Sunday morning (our joint day off), so we had breakfast before 8am. I se...

No matter what age or condition I think I am -- inside my head-- this is what I look like on the outside. I wish I looked like I do in the ...

It has been six months since my father died. Six months of not getting things done. I had turkey fat sitting in a bowl on the sunporch (fr...

My daffodils are up and blooming in the back garden beds. White with pale yellow here and bright yellow in the peony beds. And the peonies...

Long days at work. Sunshine and, today, rain. Dirt under my nails. Dirt on my clothes. Wet wool socks. I got to plant things for Secreta...

We had "some weather" today. Maybe up to 60 degrees. Where I was working out in the perennial yard, it was windy, so not as warm....

Late last night, or early this morning, I realized why I have been feeling so confused, morose, and listless. With the death of my father, ...

Ever have those moments when you wish you had gone in a more adventurous direction? I would still want to dress like this, but I just don...

Thawing on the floor in the sunroom. It got down to the 20's last night and because I had been out raking acorns off the lawn in my shi...