I look around meand I see all of the beauty that is in this world…. From the tiniest of butterflies,flitting from flower to flower…to the incredible, mighty Sequoia,ever-towering… From the amazing little hummingbird,bee-like as it zooms in to a Honeysuckle blossom for a quick snack…to the ocean,with all of it’s incomprehensible vastness… From the tallest […]

Sure looks like an empty Madeleine pan to me…

The Sunrise Calls To Me Before my day gets started before work can interfere I sit out on the front porch and wait for the sun to appear Quietly I sit there with my morning cup anxiously awaiting the sun’s coming up There is silence all around me everything is still no birds, no breeze, […]

Hope your day is a good one!

I can hear those fleas and ticks multiplying out in the yard as I write this…[I also anticipate a blizzard in April]…

February is Skunk breeding season. Before you let your dogs out make a little noise and give skunks time to move out of your yard. If you come face to face with a skunk, stay calm and talk softly to let them know you’re there, skunks have poor eyesight. Skunks are very sweet natured animals […]

1. “As you get older, three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two.” – Norman Wisdom 2. “People say money is not the key to happiness, but I have always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.” Joan Rivers 3. “I’m sick […]

This Land That I Love This place where I, as a child, played On the shore, with shells and things Where I wiled away those youthful days And dared to dream my dreams Where my reality was a fiddler crab and pebbles on the beach Where the things that I dreamed about the most were […]

In honor of National Sticky Buns Day, I decided to give them a shot… Not too shabby, if I do say so myself…[and, of course, I do!]. Vic…Nahi…grab a fork!

The exact origins of the sticky bun are debatable, as is the history of National Sticky Bun Day. While some attribute the sticky bun to the Ancient Egyptians, others argue that it may have originated in Germany. Some historians say that they may have been around in the Western World since the Middle Ages, when […]