When I was growing up, my mama taught me many things; life lessons to guide me and protect me when she could not be with me:Never run with scissors Honesty is the best policy. Look before you leap. Actions speak louder than words. You can't please everyone. Laughter is the best medicine. You'll never be… Continue reading running with scissors
Category: odds n’ ends
comfortable – at last
Yesterday was a Red Leather Day! The first thing on this week's agenda was a thorough spring cleaning. We took the living room apart, changed the drapes from dark stripes to light putty linen, washed the windows, moved the piano back to the front porch (see the april orchids post), cleaned the carpet and sat back to… Continue reading comfortable – at last
april orchids
The rain has stopped...at last! And the sun is streaming through the front porch, encouraging the orchids to bloom, bloom, bloom. These two mini phales are lovin' it. Plus, there are two baskets of Nobile dendrobiums visiting from D's greenhouse this month; these snow white beauties with a deep purple throat and a solid yellow… Continue reading april orchids
rain, rain go away!
April Showers? It’s raining! It’s pouring. D took this shot through the back door glass early this morning. The past few days have been crazy here in the Valley. Stone fruit crops got hailed out earlier in the week, to the tune of millions in damage. Thank goodness we didn't get hail! Granted, we entered… Continue reading rain, rain go away!
horsein’ around
I've always loved horses. It's in my blood. Granddad Cline raised horses for the United States Calvary when my Daddy was a boy. They ranched in Saguache, Colorado, where Granddad was one of the first Forest Rangers in the Rio Grande National Forest. His photo hangs in the Saguache County Museum, cheek by jowl with that infamous Colorado… Continue reading horsein’ around
rosemary honey
Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and spring. If there is no response in you to the awakening of nature --if the prospect of an early morning walk does not banish sleep, if the warble of the first bluebird does not thrill you --know that the morning and spring of your life are… Continue reading rosemary honey
now it’s spring?
People seem unable to agree on exactly when Spring begins (in the northern hemisphere at least). Many think of March, April and May as the months of Spring, and yet an Irish tradition dates it from St. Brigid's Day on February 1st . The kick-off from an astronomical point of view is the vernal equinox which… Continue reading now it’s spring?
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