Grapes and Green Growing Things

Grapes and Green Growing Things

Yesterday was one of those whirlwind days but a good day in every way. Even going to the dentist wasn’t bad as I am convinced I have the most gentle dentist around. Then lunch at my brother’s  and sister’s-in-law house and I was the recipient of gifts from their garden. Okra, squash, tomatoes, cucumbers! All […]

An Old-Fashioned Flower

An Old-Fashioned Flower

Do you ever experience a brief flashback? I mean, really fleeting, not even a memory but a feeling, a picture, a scent maybe, that is a past moment in time? It is so elusive that it’s gone before you can name it. That’s the way I am about moss rose and Ma Latty’s  front porch […]

Nature’s Helicopter

Nature’s Helicopter

My brother Tracy sent the picture of the Minnesota dragonfly. Now this incredible little insect is neither a dragon nor a fly but to a mosquito, it is might as well be breathing fire. Dragonflies are fascinating little creatures and this one was particularly beautiful with amazing green eyes. His eyes are one of the […]

The Cat’s Meow

The Cat’s Meow

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.                                         […]

Lightnin’ Bugs

They come every year about this time, those tiny little flashes of light in the summer night. Some people call them fireflies but I’ve always called them lightnin’ bugs. They don’t much resemble a fly and I wouldn’t say their glow is like a fire but it sure does light up the darkness. Wikipedia says […]