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I’m game for gardening
Fine Gardening Botanical Match GameThis is one of those online memory games that pop up occasionally and is of fered by Fine Gardening. I am not sure where I first saw it, but It is certainly fun. You might find yourself trying to beat your own best time, over, and over. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. So far the best I can do is sli…
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Winter lays down it’s cloak of white
O, wind,If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? ~ Percy ShelleyHow sad to be a unwanted guest, one accused of reaching it’s icy tendrils into the cracks of all surfaces, and leaving a trail of white where ever it’s cloak is dragged. Winter we do not love you, or at least very few of us do. Those that claim you as friend, not fo…
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If winter tarries too long, make your own spring
The gardener in me being ever the optimist, I am celebrating the fact that we didn’t move up here to the “frozen north, or land of endless skies” until the beginning of December last year. Winter tarries long here, holding on with icy fingers, and giving in begrudgingly to spring. Whenever spring is coming… there that’s the realis…
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Hello?… “Please hold for Spring”
The other day the phone rang, I picked it up.Click!Hello, pause, hello?Buzzzzzz… click, Hello?A snarky, nasal sounding voice intoned “hello, please hold for SPRING!”Okay… I’m holding.And holding.Waiting…There is no sign of spring here, in fact it’s colder now, than in January.I think it was a prank call.Spring is probably sitting …
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Heel toe hip… and some stinky salmon
Yesterday was a interestingday. I got my feet poked, my husband got his back crunched, and Boo got a two for one get out of jail free card for all you can eat lunch. Oh, and the smelly salmon. That stunk. Heel Toe Hip-hopper He runs 10 k [that’s pretty far] every other day, or at least he did, until his toe started to hurt, and t…
