Outside our kitchen door, a single daisy has appeared. Daisies are generally pretty good at standing up for themselves. But our Daisy faces a very serious challenge; she appeared in the middle of a larger patch of very pushy, one might even say aggressive and imperialistic morning glories.
The stump & the wild strawberry: Tuesday it was my difficult duty to explain to a great-granddaughter that wild strawberries look good, but don’t taste good. Later this year, or maybe next, I may have to address her definite suspicion that not long after Thanksgiving, her grandpa turns into Santa Claus . . . . … Continue reading In The Yard: The Stump, the Wild Strawberry & the Pollinators’ Friend
In many parts of the world, May 1 is Labor Day, a holiday, and observances typically have a noticeably leftwing or socialist character. But the U. S. Doesn’t recognize such subversive notions, preferring its very tame beer-hotdogs-and-baseball version in September. (That’s Labor — excuse me, Labour Day — in Canada also; I mistakenly thought that … Continue reading In The Yard: Our Flowery May Day Demonstration
Below is the front window in our living room. Last summer the Fair Wendy put a pole In The Yard, and added a circular bird feeding pan, up high enough to be out of squirrel reach. Now we have a pair of doves, some cardinals and other birds coming and going, particularly as Spring is … Continue reading Going Crazy In The Catbird Seat: Stuck in a House of Mirrors
April 4 is the 55th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1968 assassination in Memphis. To mark this melancholy occasion, Florida governor Ron DeSantis reportedly wanted to do something very special. So . . . . DeSantis signs Florida gun bill in secret as activists demand more guns for all (Only NRA invited to secret … Continue reading To Be Sure We Remember Dr. King’s Murder, DeSantis Secretly Signs New No Permit Guns-For-All Bill