Wednesday's Child

I liked Micheal Jackson better when he was alive and no one had anything to say about him. He was creative, but in the end, he wasted his li...

I wait all year for June. Blue skies. Warm but not hot. Not too many bugs. Yet. Beautiful Peonies. Not this year. This year the mosquitoes...

Another day. More back pain. Today, at work, I couldn't pick up the hose. Sad. there were all those dry plants, waiting for a drink,...

Well. It's over. My part that is. It was quite a mess without a book count, but I had plenty of help which was fortunate since my bac...

I can't believe it took me so long to figure out how to crop my pictures. Now I download and click edit and see just how blurry most of...

I saved these blooms from the downpour and am enjoying their beauty here in the house. Why is it that the exuberant peony bloom happens dur...

My Lupines are blooming. Blue. Anyone else notice that only the blue variety is blooming? I still have yellow, white and pink varieties at...

I have my new work schedule for next week. Three short days. I had expected two short days. When gasoline prices started going up (specula...

Hard Rain. The pup does not like rain. He likes big puddles, swamps, rivers and the ocean. But not rain falling on his head from the sky ...

Here it is June 9th and we are in the midst of a week of 50 degree days and all day drizzle, rain and dark skies. June. And yesterday was ...

Peaches are ripe somewhere in America (I hope) since they are in the grocery and on sale right now. They taste okay but not perfectly juicy...

My NEW shoes finally arrived. In the new size, which fits. Army Green. Which to me is perfect as Gardener Green or Greenhouse Green. The...

What a whirlwind trip this was! I left home at 3:30 am for the drive to the Portland airport. My plane took off at 5:47 on time and I spen...

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...