Searching for a Balance

 The heat's intense and the air conditioner is humming, which makes me feel in another world. I'm sure the cats also feel that way, ...

 

  For the wonders that astound us, for the truths that still confound us, most of all that love has found us, thanks be to God. - words by F...

 Such a beautiful day! The haze from fires in Canada has been enough to make your eyes burn, but not today! Dry air and a breeze. Our plants...

May twenty second, and this is as warm as it got. We've been living in a dream world with summer-like temperatures, to the point where i...

 It rained all day, and everything is puddled. It was a winter rain, it couldn't be described as a spring shower, at all. But I used the...

 I found some Empires!  And there's a cranberry apple pie in the oven. 

 I couldn't get the chick photos off my tablet for some reason, so I'll have to take some more tomorrow. They grow fast. I made the ...

We're having some nice weather, but it still feels like summer, just late summer. I can hear the katydids outside now.  A customer gav...

"Despite the nervous scramble of the servants when they discover weeds growing in his field, the master of the house himself does not a...

 I was cutting up tomatoes (yes, we still have some!) at suppertime and grabbed this one. The shape reminded me of the so-called ugly tomato...

 We have a lot of these. Today was the feast of the Assumption of Mary. At Mass on this occasion the priest will bless the fruits of your ga...

 Now we have grackle babies, and I like to see them. I like blackbirds, maybe because they aren't vain. I also like blackberries. from t...

It seems about two weeks before Christmas I get the urge to bring out more glitter and shine; this may have something to do with Gaudete Sun...

 We've been having frosts at night. The other day I picked the rest of the little crops - I say "little" because it was all sm...

 I bought a calabaza squash at the supermarket; it was pretty big. After roasting it whole, it was well cooked inside after only an hour and...

Someone gave this lovely basket to my brother filled with juicy tomatoes and even a dish towel. Very thoughtful.  Tonight I combined all the...

  I think these tomatoes are beautiful, even though a bit gnarly. They're not ours. All the rain last month was too much for several of ...

My brother came in from doing yardwork and said he discovered grape vines growing across the brook. And grapes, planted by the birds, and he...

 Three weeks in a row I've gotten fresh strawberries. First, I made shortcake. Last week I made some freezer jam. But this time, I think...