Browsing Archive: February, 2010
Posted by Rick C. on Sunday, February 21, 2010,
Crocus Dandelion
There it was, the first one of the year, a darn dandelion. As I looked out from our sunroom, which overlooks the backyard, I saw the distinctive bright yellow invader. It spoiled the look of the yard, that darn dandelion. I went outside to rid the yard of the unwanted weed. As I approached the yellow spot in the lawn I suddenly realized something, it was not a dandelion. Not a hated dandelion at all, but a crocus, a bright yellow crocus was flo... Continue reading ...
Rooster-One, Me-Zero
Posted by Rick C. on Sunday, February 14, 2010,
I have done battle with many creatures over the contents of my vegetable garden. Raccoons, possums, birds, caterpillars and insects, I had fought them all. I can’t say that I ever won a battle but I have fought them all to a draw. The first ripe, juicy tomato of the season is mine some years, and some other creatures the next year. I had not only fought animals but also fungi, viruses, plant diseases of all sorts. I had fought against drought, heat, cold, storms, you name it and it has a... Continue reading ...
Dog? What Dog??
Posted by Rick c on Sunday, February 14, 2010,
The phone rang, I got up from the dinner table and answered it.
“Keep your dog out of my rose garden.” a ladies voice screamed, then hung up. “Who was that?” Marilyn asked.
“I don’t know, some woman said to keep our dog out of her roses.” I said.
“What dog? We don’t have a dog.” Marilyn replied.
“I know we don’t have a dog, the lady’s nuts.”
We finished our dinner.
Two or three days later I was out back planting some Petunias in a small garden next to th... Continue reading ...
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Hello, I hope you enjoy my website. Marilyn and I enjoy the outdoors, nature, gardening, hikeing, walking, and many other things. I think she would rather go dancing, but I'll stick with the outdoors.
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May God bless and keep you always
may your wishes all come true.
May you always do for others
and let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
and climb on every rung.
And may you stay ... Forever Young.
- BOB DYLAN
Below is "The Pill" as mentioned in the story on this page.
To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.
Mohandas K. Gandhi
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