Archive for January 2009
Ice Storm
I woke up at 3:52 a.m. because my yorkie, Arthur, was barking mad. Noises outside were alarming him and he wanted me to know! Ice machine rumbles outside my bedroom window confused me. What was happening? Bits of icicles from the maple were falling onto the metal roof. The picture...
Read moreMouse + Snow = No Internet
Why hasn’t there been a blog in almost two weeks?For the last two weeks we have had the most dreadful sub-zero cold snap in recent history. When just normal winter cold happens, the mice (remember, this is the country) for whatever mousy reason, go into the phone company’s breaker boxes,...
Read moreA Toad is a Toad unless it’s a Toad-in-a-Hole
Since I’ve been dreaming about my new gardens, orchard, and seeds in general, it has made me miss someone that last year I went out of my way to avoid. I have to give background in order for this to mean anything to you.Last Christmas a man came to the...
Read moreCountry Ham Thank-you
After church on Sunday, the preacher’s wife, a dear friend, like a mother actually, asked me to walk over to her house. She asked her granddaughter to open the garage and get the same thing for me that another lady had received. Sounded a little cryptic, but Sam knew what...
Read moreDreaming about Seeds, Dirt, and Gardens
The Christmas tree is nestled in its’ box until next year. The hundreds of glass-blown birds that decorated the tree are sleeping in their paper-lined boxes until they come out next December. All stocking are carefully folded and put away. So what’s a gal to do in January in the...
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