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

I bet that you’re saying that all of that rain has addled Alice’s brain. Hmm… too much rain on the brain causes a strain… I’d better refrain. But this is my blog so I can write nonsense rhymes if I so choose. Today, however, I need to continue talking about spring unfolding and use words that

Today is the official end of the Ultimate Blog Challenge and the Blogging from A to Z challenge. As you can see, I’m a bit behind, since my letter of the day is “W,” not “Z.” But that’s OK. I definitely intend to finish the alphabet. And then, I plan on going on to another “Spring

It rained again today. It rains a lot, almost as if spring had sprung a leak. The ground is saturated by all of that moisture, and the vernal pools are getting very full. And everything is turning really green. The lawns are bright green. My apple tree has buds. The branches of the weeping willow

On Friday, it rained. Yesterday, it snowed. I didn’t take a picture of it. It didn’t stick on the ground so there was nothing to photograph. I know… picture or nothing happened. But it did happen, and it was windy. Fortunately, the tree planting went on as scheduled. So… snow at the end of April,

newly plantedwhite pine Yesterday was Arbor Day. But it rained all day. Plus it was Friday so the first of two Grand Island celebrations took place today at the Western New York Welcome Center, when more people could attend. Arbor Day is a holiday that was started in 1872 by a guy named J. Sterling