Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny day, too pretty to stay indoors. So, I went for more plants and herbs. Only thing about my yard is that most plants require a degree of sunshine and my back yard is shady. This is due to a willow oak, a maple, and a mulberry tree. So, instead of […]
May 31, 2019
Frustrations and the Herb Garden
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We’ve had so much rain lately, that I hadn’t been able to stick the last of my little herbs into the ground. I didn’t want to dash out between lightning flashes and plant them in the mud. But, finally, a sunny day. I pulled up the grass and weeds that had dared to poke up […]
May 8, 2018
And Then Came the Reward
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Work is often its own reward. A person can lose herself in work and troubles all just disappear, or at least, grow smaller. Yesterday was a day perfect for losing troubles and worries. It was a day to be glad just to be alive. Neither hot nor cold, but somewhere in a comfortable in between, […]
Jul 11, 2013
The Cat’s Meow
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Lazy Summer Slumber softly, summer cat, Dozing in the sunbeams. Needing neither rhyme nor reason To become one with the season; Tawny, yawny, warm and mellow, Sun-drenched days and cat of yellow Loving lazy daydreams. […]
Jun 28, 2013
Devil’s Shoestring?
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Oh, no! Not on my back yard fence. This term must have been applied to the gorgeous orange plant by someone who hadn’t had his coffee one morning. Actually, I guess if the truth were known, it can be invasive, aggressive even. But it is also beautiful and I count myself blessed to have it […]
May 29, 2013
Miniature Mysteries
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God’s Small World God made a tiny, shiny world In blades of grass and flowers, Where crickets creep and spiders spin And dewdrops fall in showers. And in this small, this crawly world Are secrets and surprises. The caterpillars creeping here Wear summertime disguises. No one but God could think of it; I don’t know […]
