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Fun with flowers and weeds

Last week, one of the Picture Spring prompts required us to find a dandelion that had gone to seed.  None of mine had at that time, but they did a few days later, and I thought it would be fun to see what kind of images I could get, even though Picture Spring is over. [...]

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Not swallowed up

I promise my messy kitchen didn’t swallow me up.  I spent enough time in there on Saturday to get half the job done and to help Flufy film part two of his apple pie series: the crust.  I still have the table to do, and there’s a section of countertop on the left that you [...]

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Zinnias

I think I got about ten minutes of sleep last night.  It was one of those things where my body was tired enough for sleep, but my brain was running a mile a minute, thinking about such important things as haircuts and party dresses.  I tried my usual trick of lulling my brain to sleep [...]

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Spring is sproinging

Ah, spring.  Things are blooming, windows are open, kids are bringing home trees-in-a-bag to plant.  I love spring.

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Firsts, lasts, milestones

Today I went to the farm.  I was looking for zinnias and honeycrisp apples like last year, but there were no apples to be had.  It was disappointing, but I did manage to come home with something else nifty:  my first ever batch of farm-fresh multi-colored eggs! Yeah, I know.  Where have I been not [...]

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Food and flowers. Oh, and fish.

As I write there is a power struggle occurring upstairs. A power struggle between two boys who both want the same pen. Nevermind that we have a cup full of other pens not one room away. Neil is on top of the unfolding saga, so rather than get involved (too many cooks spoil the broth, [...]

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