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Gardening is a gamble of time, a little money, labor, and love. It would be a terrible chore if a person didn’t relish escaping the house 🏠 , toiling in the dirt, or playing with water💧  in the heat. Inside people should not garden. On the other hand, it is the best excuse to walk…

One of the things my husband and I love to do is go for walks where few people have been. Fortunately, and this was the plan, we live in a place that we have plenty of choices to find the perfect spot. Anyway after a rain is the perfect time to go to look at…

My artist has done some amazing work, but Athena’s latest is the scene with the Farmers visiting Grabon’s nest and enjoying a little too much of Griss’s wine. The scene is in book 2 Heron’s Bonds, if you haven’t read it, it is really very funny. Griss is the large red dragon and he comes…

You know that old saying about lemons and lemonaide, well the cold weather has given me an idea that baking may be in order. After I get some editing done I think I’ll drag out the kitchen aid and see about making some cinnamon rolls. Nothing fills the House with positive energy like orange tea…

Now that I am writing full time, weekends do not mean the same. When I was teaching, those two days were paperwork, laundry, mucking out the house and recharging. Occasionally I met with students, did a few home visits got involved in an activity with kids, but I tried to keep that time to sleep,…

Have I mentioned that the great and wonderful Jethro happens to be part chicken? Well he is. Last night we had a very interesting weather show with flashing lights and loud bangs and booms. Being the chicken that he is, Jethro was hiding. He has a few favorite spots to wiggle into when things get…

It is a terrible thing to give less value to some life forms, but honestly spiders and ants are not my favorites. 🕷 and 🐜 make my flesh crawl. Large, small, thick or thin they bother me if they are inside my house. Outside, we’ll it’s different. Outside is where they belong. Unless, and I…

Have you ever heard a warning about shopping when you are hungry? It is absolutely true that you can end up the proud owner of the largest sampling of junk food known to man. Impulsive shopping is not something we generally indulge in, but we have had our moments. Recently we were in the store,…

Even as we are still playing tag with freezing temps some nights, I have a few leaves showing green. Most of the branches are in bud or bare, but a few spring 🍁on the trees are actually making an appearance here in the Midwest. Now if only we can keep it from snowing, but alas…

Instead of watching the talking heads on the TV, I tend to read my news on my iPad, consulting multiple sources for the same story which allows me to compare facts. It has the added benefit of keeping me from getting caught up in the “wow, I can’t believe it…” drama and delivery that happens…