Garden progress

I finally got some of my mulch put out on Friday, between the earthquakes and rain showers. One thing I do know– I’m getting old! I was so wore out just emptying 9 bags of mulch. I was thankful for the rain so I could stop moving my aching body. What happened to me? When [...]

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Frostbitten feet

We sat through another frigid baseball game tonight. The wind, the cold– they haven’t gone away. I tried to dress warm enough to survive the game without cooking myself at work by wearing too many layers. I dug out my full-length wool dress coat from the back of the closet and wrapped my extra warm black [...]

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Where did spring go?

The calendar says it’s spring and blooming flowers make it look like spring, but after a weekend of temps in the 30s and 40s, it sure doesn’t feel like spring. In fact, spring in the Midwest has sucked this year. The mulch I bought and didn’t spread last weekend is still sitting there, all 10 [...]

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Spring is in the air

It was warm enough today to make me start wishing it was spring. The excitement of spring is like a jack-in-the box I must keep the lid on or it will pop out. It takes all my strength to stuff it back in, as cold weather is forecast to follow the warm and stormy weather expected [...]

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