No profound thoughts today.  Not even any mildly pithy ones.  I'll leave all that to GKC. Any one thinking of the Holy Child as bor...

Well, it's not the best picture I could have taken today, but I managed to remember to take it just before dusk. Things changed quick...

The calendar might say October but the temperature is yelling mid-July, with a forecast of near ninety today.  I'm loving every minute...

 Yikes this is late!  The picture was taken on time, almost, but lazy me just never got around to posting it. The dog days of summer may...

Summer has arrived!   What more is there to say?  It's been bright and shiny and hot and sticky - all things wonderfully summer. Lif...

This time of year, we sit on the patio and say " Yeah, God! "  Lately, it couldn't be prettier around here, and for that I a...

I keep my fingers crossed, hoping that Spring has finally arrived.  We have noticed the return of a number of summer birds and have spotte...

April fools!   At least that's what the patio feels and looks like to me today.  Last week I was out in the yard cleaning up the det...

There's a saying we use around here - wait five minutes and the weather will change .  That seems to describe February.  Up until y...

What a difference a couple weeks make!  Not long after I took the January photo we got pounded with a blizzard of epic proportions.  Okay...

Happy New Year! At the start of this new year, I find myself reverting, going back to things I have done previously.  I dug out my old ...

December, at last.  I have to admit I am glad to see November end.  It's not that anyting bad occured.  We celebrated my birthday a...

Gold Leaves G. K. Chesterton Lo! I am come to autumn, When all the leaves are gold; Grey hairs and golden leaves cry out The year an...

I waved the white flag last month, admitting that the heat of summer had gotten the best of me.  We endured a couple more weeks of unsee...

At the beginning of summer, on a warm, no, hot day, I would often remark " I refuse to complain about the heat.  In just a few month...

“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchange...

As June progressed the rain of the prior month was quickly forgotten.  The gardens turned green and purple and orange and yellow and so ...

It felt like we skipped Spring.  Most of May was cool and rainy and just a few weeks ago we had snow.  Well, it was only a few flurries, ...

“Properly speaking, of course, there is no such thing as a return to nature, because there is no such thing as a departure from it. The p...

  What's the saying?  A day late and a dollar short.   That's me recently.  Good intentions but behind as always.  The picture ...