My son Noah is reticent to commit to a family vacation outside the state when it is "nice" in North Dakota. Noah's "nice"translates to days that are not part of North Dakota's winter. He figures if he is living with up to six months of cold, ice and snow he needs to appreciate all the "nice" [...]
Well, it did not take long for the mosquitoes to settle in. The transition from winter to mosquito season seemed pretty quick. Is it too soon to ask when West Fargo is going to spray for mosquitoes? Mosquitoes are the type of creature that I imagine no one likes - especially if you happen to [...]
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 [...]
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 was raised in California where the average temperatures tended to only fluctuate about 25 degrees in either direction of 75 degrees in any given season. In California a 50 degree day is considered coat weather. My now North Dakota acclimated self laughs at the silliness of such a notion. But let's face it - temperature [...]
I have been uplifted by three straight days of robin sightings. The robins are back in the area my friends. I have seen a pair of them frequenting my deck. I wonder if they are the babies from last year that the mother robin so meticulously watched over. I wonder if they have come back [...]
Tonight I am hoping that Mother Nature has found herself a hot boyfriend. A boyfriend who warms the cockles of her sometimes chilly heart. My thought is that her Romeo will help forward my fervent wish - that all my garden plots avoid the frost. I am terribly saddened at the thought that my beautiful back [...]
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