Leaves are falling like rain this morning, coming straight down with very little wind. Last night left no doubt that summer has flown for yet another season. The temperature dropped way below freezing, into the low twenties and that’s cold! Matt brought in Agnes the Asparagus Fern last night as she can’t take the cold […]
Nov 6, 2025
Fallen Dignity
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A moment when my dignity took a fall happened a few years back. It all started like this: my family and I went out to eat at a popular restaurant after church. Other people had the same idea so we had to put our name on a waiting list for a table. Along one side […]
Sep 30, 2025
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It’s hard to believe that this is the last day of September! Do you suppose time is really passing faster? The birds are becoming more active. Bluejays screech in the back yard and this morning, a small wren came to pay her respects, peering up at me from the deck railing. They seem to sense […]
Sep 22, 2025
Happy Autumn’s Beginning
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Well! It’s here again–fall, that is. Summer 2025 is a thing of the past and now we’re into a brand-new season–new, but as old as time. The earth turns, keeps spinning, and here we go, right along with it As we swing into a new season, may it be a peaceful, healthful, encouraging time for […]
Aug 27, 2025
Dragonflies
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To me, dragonflies are a sign of summer ending. Years ago, when I lived at Manos Meadows, I would look out at the pasture and see the lovely purple thistles in bloom, and dragonflies hovering around. This always happened in August and it meant the end of summer and the beginning of another school year. […]
Nov 9, 2024
Soggy Saturday Morning
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Who’s awake this morning? The only movement on my quiet street is a ruffle of leaves in my neighbor’s yard as a squirrel whisks into sight. A friend joins him and they disappear somewhere, intent upon squirrel business. We had more rain last night and the thirsty earth soaks it up. Soggy leaves lie scattered […]
