Category Archives: favorite things

BIRD BONANZA

Posted on May 23, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  This was a very good week. After consulting the on-line hummingbird migration charts one month ago, I noted that they were on their way! Hurrah! I ferreted out the feeders from the jumble in the garage and soaked and … Continue reading →

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IN THE GENES

Posted on May 16, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  Grandma Marie always lived with us when I was growing up and so consequently I was the little girl who resided in the fairy tale cottage on Coronado Avenue in Long Beach, California. It was a small white house, … Continue reading →

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RITE OF PASSAGE

Posted on May 12, 2012 by snowbirdredux

How is it that this little boy, this first grandchild, this delight of our life, is graduating from college? I’m feeling a bit nostalgic. So much of our quality time with Sean occurred when he was little, long before he … Continue reading →

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RICK TO THE RESCUE!

Posted on May 10, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  The key note speaker a few weeks ago, at the Master Gardener’s all day extravaganza in Otter Tail County, MN, was Joel Karsten. Joel is a Minnesota horticulturalist who has created something which seems at first outlandish. Garden in … Continue reading →

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ONCE IN A …

Posted on May 8, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  The night of the recent “Super Moon”, May 5, 2012 (Cinco de Mayo), was the evening we experienced the Holy Uff Da Storm. Consequently, viewing sites in Fergus Falls were nil and we didn’t get our desired sighting on … Continue reading →

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FIRST BREATH OF SPRING

Posted on May 1, 2012 by snowbirdredux

I feel like shouting out a few rounds of the Hallelujah Chorus! Last year we arrived in Minnesota right after the first flush of spring and I missed the initial epiphany, the joyousness of the baby buds and early greenery, … Continue reading →

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AVIAN BACTERIUM

Posted on April 27, 2012 by snowbirdredux

On the first day of resurgence from the throes of illness, I still have bacteria on the brain. It’s been weeks since I cleaned the bird feeders and, much as I dislike the task, I made it a priority to … Continue reading →

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THE EYE OF THE STORM

Posted on April 26, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  Not just any old bacterial infection. Not this season’s bout of springtime sniffles. Not even a whopping case of influenza. It was a monster of a malady that blasted in and brought me down these past few weeks. I … Continue reading →

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ROCKS IN MY BED

Posted on April 6, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  There is one garden chore I have been itching to do ever since we moved to Mt. Faith. It’s a massive undertaking and requires a much better and younger body than either of us have at this point in … Continue reading →

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READING, WRITING, AND ‘RITHMATIC

Posted on April 2, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  My husband calls me the Grandma Moses of Writing. When I was little the only thing I ever wanted to be was a writer and occasionally I still come upon ancient, faded, childish attempts at moralistic tales ( i.e. … Continue reading →

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