In a past week, from below the 49th parallel, came an e-mail stating, “Major congratulations…
Bits and Pieces
L-A-Z-Y I
No, No, I am not really lazy; I’ve just been outside preparing a brand-new garden in soils…
Time flies
I can’t quite believe it, but it has been one full year since I yanked up my roots and moved…
Highlights
Not often do I get stirred about going to something, somewhere. But I feel that has all changed. It…
Addictions
Everyone knows that I am addicted to birds and gardening, and the fact is, they go quite well…
Time marches on
It’s bragging time again, and I’m kind of proud of it. The fact is, the article you are…
Genuine concern
The biggest gift-giving time of any holiday season is fast approaching. Offshore suppliers have…
Writing
Often I’ve been asked for a copy of a long-ago article that was written about something or…
Resident rooster
I‘m quite sure that, in the four score years that I have been hanging around, I could count…
Winter is coming
I was sitting comfortably on my butt a couple of days ago, in a comfy lean-back chair, out back of…
One day closer
Even though Wiarton Willy, the white woolly ground hog weather predictor’s sleepy eyes, did…
Three strikes, out!
This winter’s white stuff came down in unlimited drifts, and this spring’s clouds of…
Barbecues
Well folks! We done gone went and done did it. Yes we did. I’ve wanted to do this ever since…
Frankly, my dear
The last four days of December were pleasant days for me. Each day was greeted by an early morning…
The osprey are back
It used to be the return of the robin that signified spring to me, but now it’s the return of…