Hello Friends! I'm still here! I did not intend to take any time away but the garden has been demanding and so has life in general. You may have heard Minneapolis is once again in mourning after a mass shooting of children attending a back-to-school mass . And of course the hate-filled people in the …
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Pumped
Shiny new heat pump Heat pumped that is! Oh friends, I have been so busy with the garden and all the things. Two weeks ago we had a heat pump installed. It was a good time to do it because the contractor wasn’t busy, it was neither cold nor hot outside, and our 25-year-old central …
Spice of Life
Bee on hyssop Last week at 4 a.m. on Tuesday—or was it Wednesday? it’s all a sleep deprived blur—the raccoon came back for more apples. Thud! Roll! Splat! James and I both woke up and held our breathe. Thud! Roll! Splat! We groaned. James swore, got out of bed, grabbed the cake pans, turned on …
What I Did, or Didn’t Do, On My Summer Vacation
Hello Friends! I’ve been away on vacation. I went on a long trip far away to my garden and it was magnificent. Every morning instead of going to work after breakfast, I put on my garden clothes and spent 2-3 hours playing in the dirt. Then I’d come in, shower, have a little snack and …
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