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Tuesday Newsday
Rainy! The owl is guarding the pumpkin patch through the showers. Through some undetermined hard-ship he suffered, he has a stiff neck. His head is not spinning with the wind. It is driving...
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Tuesday Newsday – July 1
Good morning! July 1st. I’ve been pondering what to write. This marks the one-year anniversary since I left my (paying) career. I think that subject will deserve a whole post to itself. We had a rain...
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Pumpkin Patch News
Since I woke up to temperatures in the 50’s …. in July …. in central Illinois … I decided I had to work in the pumpkin patch today. My garden of weedin’. I found the first pumpkin blossom hiding among...
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Tuesday Newsday, July 8
Good morning! We’ve been getting some rain. Showers, not storms. Great news for July in Illinois. Baby pumpkin at the base of the blossom. :) I love watching the pumpkins develop. “Good morning!”...
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Tuesday Newsday
This time of year I love playing, “What’s growing in the pumpkin patch?” I love watching the plants develop. This year, it is especially challenging because I planted as the weather and my...
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Photo Friday
This summer morning: For today, friends, I hope you find contentment in the little joys… for they are actually the big joys.
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What is that word?
What is the word I am searching for? It is not ‘trepidation.’ It is not ‘fear’. ‘Curiosity’ isn’t quite right, either. How to describe heading out to do chores? ‘Wonder’? ‘Hyper-alertness’ ?? It...
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Photo Friday – Welcome to August 2014
For today friends, may you not get (too) distracted. Happy August.
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It’s August!
Where have I been? What have I been doing? Where has summer gone? It’s August!! Does that answer those questions for anyone else? Does August always hold a feeling of a bit of panic, even when...
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Visiting make our hearts smile
This week, I spied a beautiful sunrise. and some dark clouds that I thought might bring rain, but didn’t. We also had visitors. Family and friends. A friend has brought her grandchildren out for...
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Dance of the butterflies!
I planted a row of zinnias and marigolds along the edge of the pumpkin patch. It has become the happening place to be (if you are a bee or butterfly). I have not been able to get wonderfully,...
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Tuesday Newsday
Good morning! So much I want to do outside! So much I need to do outside! Yesterday’s rain had other plans. I photographed a lovely sunrise Sunday morning: Did I tell you what a wonderful caretaker...
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A Pumpkiny Post
I’ve been busy. In a relaxed sort of way. Doing what I like; liking what I do. The honor-system, money-bucket on the tailgate has worked well. I’ve also had time to meet neighbors, visit with friends...
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Photo Friday ~ July 17, 2015
Just because my sons are 23 and 20 doesn’t mean we don’t have Nerf swords at the ready! Her dragon(fly) … Finally, the weather has cooperated and I had some good work time in the Pumpkin Patch. In the...
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Pumpkin Patch Progress
It is a fun time to check the progress of the pumpkin patch. They change quickly now!The blossoms are providing food for the pollinators and the pollinators happily oblige by pollinating.I remember...
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Pumpkin Patch Predators
The evil squash bugs are creating havoc in our patch. Well, that and the really rainy month of June, possibly. I have lots of vines. Not so many pumpkins, this year. There have been lots of bees...
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