I am in here.
I’m afraid I’m a bit late answering Gail‘s question about my oncologist’s amazing azalea bonsai. The whole plant is about 18″ high. But the lower branch swoops below the roots, so I’d say the whole thing is about 2 feet tall. I find it rather satisfying that my oncologist nurtures little lives as a hobby.
I think we here in Cincinnati are having a blackberry winter. Warm air has arrived, the daffodils are even mostly over, and most importantly for my breakfasting, blackberries have bloomed a bit wherever it is that they are (not here in my yard, unfortunately). Now we have our cold snap. The boiler is back on, … Continue reading Blackberry winter
I am perhaps the only one in the area who is happy with all the snow. The fluff is still perfectly strewn across most of the landscape. Everything outside the window reminds me of the full-color photographs on some Christmas cards I saw as a toddler back in the Fifties. (Yes, I was a toddler. … Continue reading Snow wonderland
Like everybody, I guess, I am tired of winter, and the weather that it brings. But this morning, however, is a promise of something else. Barely awake, I listened to the birds outside (birds outside! what a concept!), and realized something very important: I didn’t recognize the songs. New birds! Ladies and gentlemen, the Spring … Continue reading Spring again
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