Does anybody remember those lazy, hot days of summer when you were a child? Do you remember lying on your back on the grass, gazing up at the blue, blue sky and those puffy, white clouds floating lazily through? Wasn’t it fun to imagine all kinds of shapes in the clouds, a giraffe, an elephant, […]
Honeysuckle Heaven
·Shades of Scarlett O’Hara! It’s honeysuckle time. The lovely fragrance wafts across my backyard, inviting bees, butterflies, and thoughts of mint juleps, carriage rides, and a slower, more romantic time. When my backyard carries this elusive, warm weather fragrance, I know that cold weather has truly passed. Flowers are blooming, birds are building nests. It’s […]
What Is So Rare As
·If you’re one of those lucky people born this month, you’ve got a lot of good things going for you. First, there’s your birthstone–you have two of them! The pearl and the Alexandrite are yours. Flowers? Also two–the rose and the honeysuckle. So, you’re bright and shiny, have infinite value, and smell good too. How […]
A Day in the Life of
·Somehow, we missed the rain that parts of Oklahoma got yesterday. In places, six to eight inches fell, but here? We got a lot of boastful thunder, booming around the heavens and scaring small dogs, but it was all a lot of noise. No rain. All in all, it was a beautiful day, made even […]
Dry Thunderstorm
·Last night, we had another dry thunderstorm–the second one this month. According to what I’ve read, these are common in western states during late spring and early summer, but, for goodness sake! Arkansas is not west. I’d just as soon not have them. Caused by excessive heat and dry air, they present a lot of […]