Alice Gerard

Today’s prompt is to write about a lesson that I’ve learned that helped me overcome a challenge that I was facing. I struggled to come up with some way of writing about a challenge and the lesson that I learned that resulted in me triumphing over it. The more I thought, the more confused I […]

Yesterday, at the Independence Day Parade, lots of stuff was given out. Fans and seeds and pens and massive amounts of candy. As I walked the parade route, I could see that many of the kids had made massive piles of candy and gum and other assorted goodies. For the kids, the parade is as

Today, I walked in the Independence Day parade in the Town of Grand Island, New York. OK, well, sometimes, I walked. Sometimes, I handed out packets of seeds, and, sometimes, I took pictures. And, sometimes, I ran to catch up! Here are some of the images of Independence Day 2019: Here are the cowboys (and

Sometimes, I imagine that I really am peering into a crystal ball. So, when today’s blogging prompt suggested  talking about the future of my blog.  I don’t really know where my blog is taking me as I head into the future. I do know that this blog has been a great source of joy for

On January 1st, I embarked upon a crochet adventure. I had decided to crochet every day and to donate the creations that I made along the way to where ever I thought they could help. So far, I have completed two afghans, and I am working on my third. This is a work in progress,

Today, I am starting the July edition of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. This blogging challenge is held quarterly, and the goal of the challenge is to share one blog post per day for the entire month. This month, I plan on talking about gardening, delicious foods that I make from goodies purchased at the farmers

It is that time of year! The snow (dare I say such a bad word) is gone and, thanks to incessant rainfall, everything is green and full of color. In other words, spring has finally sprung. I went to the first farmers market of the year here on Grand Island. It was held on Memorial

I hope that I’ve got you hooked here and that you’ll keep reading, even if my reflection isn’t in alphabetical order. It’s just a reflection on posting each day for 26 days in alphabetical order. My theme was Spring Unfolding. The negative side for me was the fact that spring took its time about unfolding.

It came… the last day of the A to Z challenge. Well, it came, sort of like an overdue book being brought back to the library. “Wasn’t the due date April 30th? Did you forget to renew?” Nah, they don’t say that. They just say, “You owe a dollar.” I think that you have to

I went to River Lea yesterday. On our way there, my friend Curt and I saw an eagle and an egret. It was an Accidental Bird Watcher Jackpot!  Well, River Lea is the home of the Grand Island Historical Society. It’s located within Beaver Island State Park, which is where Curt and I hit the