Category: Yard

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The Last Page of the Scrapbook

Well, we finally did it. Bought a new place. I think I’m going to like it. Once I get it organized to my liking. I’ve been so busy unpacking box after box with so...

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Flowers

Phil’s stay at the hospital continues. And continues. And continues. He has just about had it, which is more than understandable. But it will continue awhile longer. We’ve set up a sort of round...

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Carried Away

I know I promised not to show you yet another photo of my annual spring fire, but I couldn’t resist. There really hasn’t been that much brush in the yard to pick up this...

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Florida

It doesn’t look like Florida, does it? Florida was where I was supposed to be. I was going to head down there to provide a distraction for my mother and Phil from the various medical issues...

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A Jumble of Thoughts

I rarely make it through the night without waking up at least once or twice. Sometimes, I get back to sleep fairly quickly.  Other times, not so much. During the times I can’t fall back to sleep,...

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Time Savers

I still glance through the obituaries in the Globe, and I came across one for Peggy Freydberg, 107. She was a poet, and this poem of hers resonated with me: Blizzard It takes courage to...

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Relaxing

Dave has been doing quite a bit of traveling lately. In fact, he has been gone 4 out of 5 weeks. So he told me to head up to the lake by myself this weekend...

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Buttoned Up

The yard has pretty much been put to bed for the winter. Pool closed. Hostas cut down. Rhododendrons covered. About the only thing that hasn’t been done is the raking of the leaves.  I don’t...

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Summer Gardens

I have changed my technique for weeding. Instead of doing squats the whole time, I kneel with the use of an attractive pair of knee pads I now own. I can weed for much...

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Child Labor

The girls are going to see Beyonce again, and Nicole owes me for her ticket. So, I’ve been having her work around the house and yard. So far she has washed cabinets, cleaned the...