Every day, I check out the garden spaces for little stirrings of life. Most of the snow has melted and the air is starting to smell like spring. In the past few days, I’ve seen so many little green things getting ready to be early spring plants. It’s really something wonderful to behold. #WordlessWednesday
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Today, we went to Tarpon Springs, which is famous for sponges and Greek food and fishing boats. It’s a scenic town and a pleasant place to take a walk with friends, have a nice lunch at a Greek restaurant, and buy souvenirs. There are some really fun things to see, like my new boyfriend, pictured
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A few months ago… well, when it wasn’t freezing cold and snowy, I bought a few succulents at Leaf, Stone and Steel, this wonderful plant store in my town. It’s a relatively new store that opened last summer. The store features plants and lots of creative stuff, many of which are plant related and will
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An oddly placed bencha nice perching place for squirrelson a snowy day Decorative fencecovered with powdery snowdreary winter’s day Outdoor oasisherb garden has gone dormantwintertime respite Trees stand tall and straightwatching gardens hibernatewaiting for sunlight Outdoor umbrellaswhen the sky is overcastprotect from the snow Question for you: What do you see out of your window
From the journals of Bearnacle Bear, written a few (or more!) years after the actual events. When we entered the land of the hornets and yellow jackets, we were afraid. We had heard the frightening stories of dive bombing insects that attacked without warning. We sat together as a group to protect one another. We
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It’s day 11 of Inktober, and the day’s prompt is “snack.” The weather was warm again, and the trail was mostly dry when the bears began walking. Baby Bear danced and jumped for joy as the walk started. “I want to see more butterflies!” Baby Bear said, gleefully. “Maybe you will, maybe you won’t,” his
Day nine of Inktober. The prompt is sun. After a long day of walking through the rain, jumping at the sound of the sharp thunder and diving to the ground at the sight of bolts of lightning, Baby Bear was tired. It was time for dinner, and the pumpkins looked delicious. But Baby Bear couldn’t
Today is day seven of Inktober and of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. Today’s prompt is passport. Imagine if you had to get permission to visit the lands of mammals and insects and birds and the waters of the fish. Imagine if the animals themselves gave you permission to visit them. And imagine visiting them and
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Today, my sister and I went to Buffalo’s Garden Walk after our workout at the gym. As I was walking to the gym, I was thinking about the prompt for today:, which is to get a bit controversial and talk about the president and how the president’s policies have helped or hindered the work that
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Today was the 18th Paddles Up in the Niagara River. It’s happened every year until last year, when stormy weather conditions caused its cancelation. I had signed up for an eco hike last year but that didn’t happen. So, I made sure to sign up for this year’s eco hike as quickly as possible. Today
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