Today I was talking on the phone with my dear mother, and looked out the window at the bird feeder and was telling her about the gold finches that were feeding. The males look more olive than gold until spring and summer when they exchange their olive green feathers for gold. I looked up, and [...]
As we long for the summer sun, my son enjoys taking pictures, and took this one in our yard, a bit of color against the whites (snow!), greys and browns of winter. It’s so very cold this weekend, with some snow predicted Sunday…perhaps the longest, coldest winter we’ve experienced a long time, and it’s nice [...]
Last year I decided to buy some blinds for our bedroom…our old ones were a dark brown color, and I wanted to brighten the room, so purchased white vinyl blinds, only to find myself squinting when the sun rose very early in the morning…challenging for a night person like myself! At the time, I had [...]
Being on a tropical theme today, I thought I’d look and see what videos are available for the tropical gardener, and I found quite a few! I didn’t realize that, in the right climate, Banana Plants are fairly easy to grow, and also didn’t realize that they produce fruit at only 6 feet tall! I [...]
We have had some Spring-like weather this week, and the snow has all melted. Valentines Day is tomorrow, and for some of us, there is romance in the air. My husband and I were talking last night about this being our 31st Valentines Day, including the one that took place while we were dating. We [...]
