1° In spite of the frigid temperatures, the sun is out and warming the house. The snow is glistening and I can hear the finch, quarreling over whose turn is next at the feeder. It is February – that time of year when the sun is so welcome after gloomy days, snow, and more snow, [...]
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By degrees
Posted in 1, tagged Frigid Chicago temperatures on Thursday, February 3, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Unfurling
Posted in 1, Gardening on Friday, April 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Mrs. Robin sits patiently on her nest these day. We can see her tail from out of the back door. It is only a matter of time before the eggs hatch and one of is, shall we say christened as we try to get the key in the door without disturbing her. Right now we [...]
Fishin’Pals
Posted in 1, Adventure, Family and friends, Nature/animals on Thursday, April 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Don’t you just love to hear where an interesting idea goes – how it starts swimming around like a fish just under the water, making little circles on top as it floats around, just waiting for the right moment for you to reel it in. A good ol’ fishin’ story to catch in your net. [...]
The Grapevine, Part II
Posted in 1, Adventure, Family and friends, Food on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | 8 Comments »
The kitchen table was covered with newspapers to keep it protected and to help absorb the moisture from the grape leaves. The leaves had to washed and then picked through as we looked for little green worms that had to be discarded or a leaf that had been chewed on by some creature from the [...]
The Grapevine, Part I
Posted in 1, Adventure, Family and friends, Food, Nature/animals on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I don’t know how she knew. She just did, though no vines grew in our yard or anywhere near us. My Aunt Christina would be dispatched from next door as my mother gathered shopping bags and newspapers, and the telephone would be dialed to Another One Yia Yia’s house. The next day my great-aunt would [...]
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Posted in 1, music on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
May I introduce the warm-up act to a later performance of Into the Woods; or Five Females, Four Grocery Bags, and Leaf Picking.
Sisterhood
Posted in 1, Family and friends on Monday, April 19, 2010 | 12 Comments »
I had a busy weekend, meeting friends for breakfast Saturday. The kind of friends’ breakfast that took three hours and lots of laughs. There was church and chores and then a bridal shower on Sunday. All good things. Very good things. I saw this picture and it made me think about spring and summer and the trees [...]
Rockin’ Robin
Posted in 1, music on Sunday, April 18, 2010 | 5 Comments »
There is absolutely no reason for this posting, except that I have finally been able to put a video right onto the post! Thanks to Katy and to Janet for coaching me on this. Ever since Mrs. Robin has taken up homemaking in the backdoor wreath, the song Rockin’ Robin has been twittering through my [...]
Nesting 101 . . .
Posted in 1, Nature/animals on Saturday, April 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
. . . or why you should take down your Christmas wreaths before March 1! Something kept shooting past Tom’s head while we were eating dinner. It happened one night, then the next. From where I sit at the dinner table I could see it. Fast as lightning. At first, [...]
Sheds and shards
Posted in 1, Family and friends, Nature/animals on Friday, April 16, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The other day we were clearing some leaves out of the flower beds. This takes several days to do. The beds are large, as are the leaves. We have three sycamore trees and I am certain that some of the leaves on our property were from the very tree Zacchaeus climbed on! They take forever [...]
