I never fully trust things I see or hear before my first cup of morning coffee. It takes some caffeine infusion to right my senses and sharpen my mind. As such, when I looked out my kitchen window yesterday morning and saw a squirrel scamper out of my garden and up and over the neighbor's [...]
You would be hard-pressed to find someone who loves spinach salads more than I do. After years of focused devotion to spinach, I find it difficult to eat any other salad greens. Every now and then I will eat romaine, but it is always a sloppy second to spinach (sorry Romaine lovers). Fortunately, spinach is [...]
I can tell you after a couple days of being out in the garden that I am singing a new tune. It goes something like this: Oh! Ouch! Ugggh...why did I buy a house with stairs? Ouch...ouch...ouch...ouch...ouch...ouch. Cheyenne, could you please pick that up for me.? Ouch! Oh yikes. Cheyenne, could you please bring me [...]
I have received a half dozen garden catalogs over the last few weeks. They are filled with big beautiful photos of colorful flowers and plants. They tantalize the latent garden-lover in me with the promise of new colors and shapes that can be added to my beloved garden. I look at all the photos of [...]
On days when the temperatures are tolerable I do marathon sessions in my garden. I typically tell myself that I will just be out there for two hours and six hours later when I wander back inside I wonder how it got to be so late in the day. Such is the way when you [...]
I spent many hours in my garden today. I find work in the garden so gratifying and peaceful. It is a chance to think quiet thoughts while doing productive work that results in one of my greatest joys - a garden filled with beautiful flowers. My garden got a late start this year and was [...]
At my house, we feed the birds - A LOT. On any given day Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds could be remade at my house. We are a pretty popular destination and likely in West Fargo's top ten "must visit" locations for birds. We feed the birds in a variety of locations in our yard, [...]
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