A growl woke me this morning. Was Nemo growlinig? I opened my eyes. No, he was still snoozing peacefully. The growl came again and I realized it was thunder! I’m up, drinking coffee now and thunder still mumbles and crashes through the dark sky. Rain falls too. Maybe it will settle this Saharan dust that […]
May 24, 2025
Rainy Day Nostalgia
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This long weekend is off to a wet start. Rain puts me in a nostalgic mood and I think of what a rainy morning may have been like on the Latty farm when my mother was a young girl. My grandfather always went to the barn to milk while the morning was still as dark […]
Apr 29, 2025
What a Nice Surprise!
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The herbs I planted in the container garden last year have all come back. They are green and minty smelling, just as healthy looking as they were last year. What a nice surprise! Last spring, I got some heirloom seeds from the museum downtown. The idea was that these would make plants that bees and […]
Apr 19, 2025
Stormy Weather
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This morning is wet–very wet and the sound of rain is punctuated by thunder. Early this morning, a tornado touched down on the western edge of Springdale. So far as I know, it didn’t do a whole lot of damage, but definitely, some. Tomorrow is Easter–the most joyful holiday of the year for Christians. Shouldn’t […]
Apr 5, 2025
Rainy Morning
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Lightning shivers across the the room and rain pounds harder. How much rain have we had this week? I’m not sure because my rain gauge broke and I haven’t yet replaced it. We’ve had a lot of rain and I’m grateful. And, true to April’s whimsical nature, there is a possibility of snow, Sunday. The […]
Apr 3, 2025
April Snuck In
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April slipped in while I wasn’t looking, but, of course, I missed the entire month of February, being in the hospital, so I’m probably going to be a month behind, all year. April is a wonderful month but it can be a stormy month, as the storms around Arkansas last night proved. Gotta be […]
