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Finishing First

I’m so proud of my son. He’s smart, he’s hard working, he’s as nice as they come, he’s humble, he’s funny…I could continue, but I won’t. Last summer he decided he’d completely had his fill of working in the restaurant industry so took a huge leap, quit his job & went to school. He graduated […]

Now THAT’S Snow!

Winter storm Euclid hit western New York State yesterday. I went out early in the day to get my groceries, and by the time I got home at about 11AM the snow started. It never stopped. When I went to bed 12 hours later it was snowing just as hard.

So when I got up […]

My Morning Walk

Every morning I take a walk up my dirt road with my little dog. We walk just under two miles. We used to walk just over two miles until some people moved in with BIG territorial dogs. Now we turn around at the power pole before their house, which is off to the right behind […]

Ah, spring!

The weather has been just beautiful since I’ve been home on my mini vacation. I have been doing just what I said I would – weaving and weeding. And reading. Good things all three.

The radar map tells me that we should get some actual rain today, as opposed to the promised-but-never-delivered rain of […]

Shrub love

When we first came to this property there was nothing here but trees. We had to clear a few acres to make a nice, open space for the house. Then I had to start planting things to make the yard not look barren.

I started with perennials, knowing they’d give me years of color for […]