Wednesday's Child

Last Tuesday I received six Maine crabs.  Freshly cooked.  Free.  And then I spent 90 minutes picking these crabs after I got home from work...

I think this porch is the nicest thing.  There are built in screens to keep the mosquitos out.  Nice comfy rockers, a fan, wooden floor bo...

I would like to purchased a julienne peeler so I can make zucchini pasta any time without the stress of the mandolin slicer.  And the worr...

The Annual Library Book Sale begins today.  In about 10 minutes.  The layout, opening and unpacking of book boxes went well.  I always hav...

Spring.  On the final day of Spring 2012.   Here in Maine, Spring was mostly dark, cold and wet. (I wore sweaters and socks)  Not much did...

In all the years I having been sitting in this dining room, we have never had this kind of view of the rose just outside the window.  It r...

While emptying the dishwasher and putting the dishes away, I noticed that my dishes are more color co-ordinated than usual, for me, right ...

They actually are a deep, deep dark pink but the peony growers call this red.  I went out this morning and cut all the almost open reds an...

For validation of all my efforts to change my diet and my body?  Well, obviously someone or something is listening. An older gentleman who...

I love the English hybrid roses.  I love that they have too many petals and flop. I love that they have fragrance.  A customer bought a go...

I clipped a June bouquet from my garden this morning.  I usually don't cut the peonies for the house, but in past years, just as the b...

I came across this comment in my morning Artist Key letter.  It explains the joy I get at work doing things with dirt, water and plants.  ...

I just got off the phone with my daughter.  We hadn't heard from her since the big emergency of Tuesday night and the trip to the 24 hou...

Moomin is now at a 24 hour facility.  No one knows what is happening but none of it is good.  My daughter drove him to Portland late last ni...

This morning Moomer's odds were less than 50/50.  After a few hours in the oxygen environment and a Lasix pill to drain fluids from the ...

Please take a moment to send a prayer for a little black cat fighting for his life today.  Not Angry Airways. Congestive heart failure.  He...

Today is one of those days.  My daughter woke me for the second of my days off when I was actually enjoying a much needed deep sleep.  She...

My new duvet cover arrived on Friday, way before the scheduled delivery on Monday.  And for some reason there was no shipping charge.  I w...

Why did I run out of sausage for my breakfast eggs this morning? Why does it have to rain all day Saturday and Sunday?  I have garden work...

G must have gone shopping today.  The tick, tock is very loud.  I am not used to any noise in the house. I am one of those people who like...