Rain and more rain. Huge amounts of ponding throughout the area. It is supposed to turn to snow tonight… but whatever it turns to I do not want to go out. I don’t want to think about problems from all this water, either. I have a Bromeliad from my father’s house. Will need to read […]
Everyday Happenings
The Small Stuff
First snow of the season. A couple inches. I noticed the other day that I had left my large red geranium outside. Totally frozen. It had been on the screen porch and I have no idea why I simply forgot about it…. oh well. It wasn’t a special sort, just big. I had carried it […]
A few notes on nothing particular
Blogger is working again, but I forgot what I was going to post. Lots of ponding around the area, no real cold yet. We purchased our Christmas tree yesterday, it is not as nice as last years. But nice enough. This year we have a balsam fir called a “sno-fresh “, I think. Something like […]
Lunar Eclipse and Colder Weather
I am not sure if I will have a chance to get anything in the blog later…. so this may be it for the day: I forgot to mention that we watched the lunar eclipse the other night. It was an unusually clear night (my poor husband always wants to see the celestial events, but […]
October State of the Garden
It is a beautiful autumn day. Sunshine, clear skies, and changing foliage, warm with gentle breezes. A beautiful day. October, and Where Are All the Flower Bulbs? I went to the stores (several) looking for crocus bulbs and bone meal. This is the height of the bulb planting season, right? All the fall planting areas […]
October Day in the Life
It has been very cool, with frosts in the mornings this past week. The asters were somewhat disappointing this year due to whatever frizzled up the foliage and flowers. The garden has been lush due to all the rains, but some things don’t much like this. Petunias are very sorry looking without the usual Midwestern […]
