I find it hard to believe that spring has come and gone, summer came and went, and fall is already…
Bits and Pieces
Education
Has higher education joined the ranks of the rip-off artists? Are high-cost college and university…
New arrivals
This past few weeks have been exciting times for me. I have baby chicks, of several fancy show…
Beta’s return
Not too many readers will have met Beta. Beta is a blue and gold macaw. I first met Beta well…
Chickery chick
“Chickery chick, cha-la, cha-la Check-a-la romey in a bananika Bollika, wollika, can’t…
May days
“The 24th of May is the Queen’s Birthday. If we don’t get a holiday, we’ll…
Gold laced cochins II
I have always been in the habit of collecting junk. Not junk, junk, that is obviously something…
Hoar frost
Hoar frost greeted me when I first looked out of my window this past morning. What a beautiful…
Phenomenon of nature
Not often do we find ourselves so positioned as to see a phenomenon of nature that is perhaps…
Summer has gone
In the corner of one of our little garden areas, we have left a thistle that has grown tall and…
Christmas 2013
The seasons they come and the seasons they go, and by the time this article is searched for and…
Life is short
I was rooting through a bundle of old papers this past weekend, getting them ready to be shredded…
Big and beautiful
Big and beautiful? Yes they are! I saw them once again this morning as they took to flight from the…
Done did it
Yes sir, madam, and mesdemoiselles, his and hers and guys and dolls, with, perhaps, long overdue…
Little snowbird
With record-breaking cold temperatures sifting across the countryside day after day and night after…