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Morning Webs and the Grits Mess

September 14th, 2008 · No Comments · flora and fauna, recipes

I don’t know if the seemingly inordinate number of morning spider webs I’ve been seeing lately means anything, like a hard winter, early frost, or anything like that, but they make some cool photos. Here are a couple for your perusal.

The Grits Mess
Anne tends to eat healthier than I do, particularly when it comes to […]

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Living with Critters

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments · flora and fauna

One of the least pleasant aspects of country life is the variety and number of critters with whom we often share our humble little cottage. For the first couple of Decembers  when I came down for the weekend, I found the place overrun with mice and ladybugs. The mice I expected, but the hundreds of […]

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Odds and Ends

August 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment · flora and fauna

Our largest sunflower, which we have dubbed Audrey II after the man-eating plant in Little Shop of Horrors, seems to be taking forever to bloom. We’ve been waiting and waiting………

Ok. Good winter or bad winter? I haven’t a clue. And despite everything the Ol’ Wives and the various almanacs have to say, I don’t think […]

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