-
Recent Posts
Archives
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- July 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- May 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
Categories
- art
- bees
- bird houses
- Birds
- Cats
- Claustrophobia
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- COMMUNITY
- croquet
- CYBERSPACE
- DISILLUSION
- DRIVING
- education
- emotions
- enchantment
- faith
- Family
- Farmers Market
- favorite things
- Favorites Books
- food
- friendship
- Gardening
- global warming
- HEALTH
- hunting
- IMAGINATION
- Immigration
- In Memorium
- insecticides
- introspection
- Jane Austen
- Joseph Campbell
- Master Gardeners
- memories
- MIDSUMMER
- minnesota life
- mosquitos and ticks
- MOTHER'S DAY
- MOVING
- mythology
- naming
- Norwegian
- Paleo Diet
- PILGRIMAGE
- playtime
- politics
- REGIONAL FOOD
- religion
- remodeling
- retirement
- Salman Rushdie
- SENIOR CITIZENS
- SNOW
- spirituality
- storm
- STORY TELLING
- techno-geeks
- Thomas Moore
- tourist attrractions
- trees
- Uncategorized
- WEATHER
- wild animals
- Wild Life
- writing
Meta
Monthly Archives: April 2011
DIANA
The Quatre Saisons is the first bush rose to bloom in my garden this year. An ancient rose which came from the Middle East it is thought to be the same rose mentioned by Herodotus in the 5th Century B.C., … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
GOBBLE
MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO If there’s one thing I won’t miss after our move, it’s the turkeys. They don’t actually belong in California I believe, but because hunters some 30 or so years ago petitioned Fish and Game for the privilege of … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Wild Life
Leave a comment
BEST BELOVED FORGOTTENS
Passionate gardeners are always looking for the thrill – the ancient species to resurrect, a “sport” that invented itself and magically appeared, the rare, the bizarre, the anything but usual. There’s something to be said for the tried and the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Leave a comment
DATE NIGHT
Thank you for all the good wishes that came our way this week. I marveled on that as I sat for the three plus hours in the lovely waiting Pavilion at the Community Hospital of the Montery Penninsula, waiting for … Continue reading
Posted in food, HEALTH
Leave a comment
to be continued…
We’re off to Carmel today for Robert to have his “procedure” at Chomp. We accept all wishes.
Posted in HEALTH
2 Comments
MEAT SALAD
MEAT SALAD When my children were little, LONG before Taco Salad was on anyone’s menu, I made a dish that we simply called “Meat Salad”. I have no idea where I got the recipe. It was most certainly NOT from … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
2 Comments
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
WHAT’S IN A NAME? I always thought names were magic. I not only scribbled names under my mother’s angel figurines, but on other objects as well, for instance Billia Bunny Bunnykins for the ceramic Easter rabbit (I know, not terribly … Continue reading
Posted in introspection
1 Comment
THE ANGEL TREE
THE ANGEL TREE Because I’m so focused on my garden, children and friends often give me garden ornaments for gifts. I can’t actually recall just why I did this, but I took an angel who seemed to blend the perfect … Continue reading
Posted in HEALTH, introspection
1 Comment
snowbirdredux 