Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
Spring is firmly established here in Connecticut. Most blooming things are beyond their peak. Late blooming things are near their peak. We’ve had days above 70°f (21°c) and the days are nice and long. On the other hand, within the past 10 days, we had snow and hail. We have also had some very cold... Continue Reading →
Our daughter Faith and I attended the Haddam Neck Fair on Sunday. If I hope to stay close to the theme of Linda’s weekly challenge, I need to seriously curtail my desire to explain everything that we saw, and everything we ate, and the one precious thing Faith discovered as we were leaving. The Haddam... Continue Reading →
I’ve been saving the door pictures from Phipps Conservatory for a day like this. I had a couple of busy days at work and I got an early start on the renovation project (because rain is in the weekend forecast). In addition, this week began with a Sunday-to-Monday overnight low of 23°f (-5°c), so sharing... Continue Reading →
It’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday, so it’s time to take Linda’s prompt and head to the bar. Linda sets the stage for this week’s conversation by giving us: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘flower/flour.’ Use one, use both, it’s totally up to you. Enjoy!” She’s kidding, right? If we were having... Continue Reading →
This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday series. “Cannonball !!!” OK, that’s what I imagine this little guy was thinking as he landed with a bit of a splash. It has been so hot and so dry for sooooo long, that the birds, squirrels and bunnies have been searching for food and... Continue Reading →
“Why are you giving me all the girl jobs?” Faith was paraphrasing Angelina Jolie’s character (“why do I get the girl gun?”) in one of our favorite movies, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." No offense intended to women, girls or planting flowers, but she wanted a bigger piece of the action. I should have known better.... Continue Reading →
Check it out. There’s a day in the forecast where the temperature is going to be over 80° f. It hasn’t been over 80 degrees here since October 15th! That’s over 6 months ago. Not only that, but it was only two weeks ago when the last remnants of Mt. Maddie finally succumbed to the... Continue Reading →
