For the last month, I have been taking a tree steward class, which was organized by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County and funded by the Buffalo Green Fund. We are being trained to plant and care for young trees. We can do our volunteer work in Buffalo, as well as organize tree projects …
It’s time to share more comments and conversation! From the Comments and Conversation post… thank you for chatting with me! … we continue the conversation! Martha: I missed “E”!! I love your elephants!! Thank you so much, Martha. Just like my dad, I love elephants. Elephants are interesting, complicated animals. They are very large, …
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On Sunday, April 8th, I went to Grand Island’s spring farmers’ market. It was held at the Knights of Columbus hall. All of this yummy stuffis made locally It is a plain room, but the market itself is magical, with its array of baked goods, eggs, meats, olive oil, vinegar, honey, maple syrup, and other …
It poured freezing rain all last night. By morning, the streets were a slippery disaster. I decided that walking… um… sliding to church was not happening so I stayed home and called it a “lull day.” It was a day to crochet and read and cook. Outside, the landscape looked frozen and not very attractive. The …
On January 27th, I went to a wellness fair, sponsored by Grand Island’s small businesses. It was a delightful event, and I wrote about it early in February. Here is a link to that post: all about the wellness fair Every one of the exhibitors at the wellness fair had a prize that could be won. …
Joy is defined as a feeling of great pleasure and happiness. People find happiness in one another. I see human faces as a very likely place to find beauty. When I’m feeling sad, I feel much better if I see someone’s smile. So, today, I found an online editor, and I made these collages of …
Last Wednesday, the winds howled. As I looked out the window, I could see uprooted trees, trees fallen on electrical lines, broken garbage cans lying in ditches, roof shingles on lawns and in the street, and the list goes on. Doesn’t that seem like an unlikely setting in which to find beauty? I thought so, …
Last week, I heard an interesting historical presentation by John Montague of the Buffalo Maritime Center. So… you’re probably wondering what this has to do with finding beauty in likely or unlikely places. Well… this is a little more abstract, maybe. I would say that finding beauty in history may be finding beauty in an …
Sunday is a “day off” in the Blogging from A through Z challenge, but not in the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. Because of that, I have decided to share comments from the previous week’s blog posts on Sundays. The letters for this week were A through G (edible art through geese). Here are your comments, with …
People often complain about geese. They are described as being aggressive, territorial, and messy. They are considered to be annoying. People use all sorts of techniques to keep Canada geese off of their property, including stringing wire to keep the geese away from their ponds. They can also replace much of the grass in their …
