Memorial Day

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. … We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw 

Spring Break!?

Mais où sont les neiges d’antan? (where are the snows of yesteryear?) Early daffodils blooming in January, late ones in March – 4 weeks ahead of schedule. Maples blooming in late February. Red buds in full blooms now. Peach and cherry blossoms passed their peak. 

In Memoriam

Today is Memorial Day in the United States. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short 

Post Card from the Hills

Not food nor gardening, but hey, sometimes a girl needs a break…

Oven on Fire

Melted plastic tray in the oven. Saved by baking soda! This is why you should NEVER – EVER – store plastic in your oven. Metal or heat-proof glass containers, yes, but plastic? Repeat after me: Do not store anything plastic in the oven. Don’t. You 

Apologies

My apologies to all of you who posted comments and whose comments have disappeared. It was not my doing: I love your comments! It’s apparently an issue that other WordPress bloggers have been having. Not being a techie person, I don’t understand how it happened.