Searching for a Balance

 "All good things are one thing... That is what I am feeling...now every hour of the day. Sunsets, schools of philosophy, babies, const...

 The bird bath is up because the brook has been dry, and the mourning doves are the ones enjoying it the most. Every day I see one there - t...

 I never gave a thought to St. Anthony. I was at the supermarket, looking at the salad. The ones in the big, rectangular plastic boxes. I su...

These perforated clogs were a smart purchase. They make it easy to walk in wet or muddy ground - I wear them when I water the garden or have...

 There was a butterfly on the zinnias. Butterflies are easy to examine, since they aren't concerned with being looked at. I got out the ...

 We've had some misty mornings lately. There's so much atmosphere to late summer. Let the drama begin.

 We are having a soaking rain this evening. It's very welcome, as things have been quite dry. The brook has dried up, which it often doe...

I really need to bring a camera when I go into the garden; there was a catbird complaining about something in a nearby bush, and I thought i...

Oh, come in early morning, The dew is on the flower, There's laughter in the woodland, And music in the bower; The world is full of glad...

 I'm slowly working on my floral top. I had almost forgotten how tightly woven that sheet fabric is; I basted the bias to the neckline w...

My brother took a truckload of debris to the dump today - this is what's left. It's a pretty big pile. Guess who is on the cover of ...

A storm came our way yesterday, a tropical storm. The library closed early and I was at home with the cats, Dolly crying because I wouldn...

"I regret that I have no gloomy and savage father to offer to the public gaze as the true cause of all my tragic heritage; no pale-face...

Some of the squash has decided to "branch" out.  It rooted itself in the lawn outside the fence. 

My co-worker, who forgot her lunch yesterday said she'd rather run naked down Main Street than eat a sardine. I told her I would mention...

So many beans coming in, and I don't want to do the same thing with them every day. I froze some, just in time to find out I don't...

Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy, whose trust, ever childlike, no cares can destroy; Be there at our waking, and give us, we pr...

My brother went outside to water the garden after work, and thought he heard a rustling or something underfoot. He looked down to a depressi...

Do not fret because of the wicked; do not envy those who do evil: for they wither quickly like grass and fade like the green of the f...

This is what I found when I got home today. I can't believe they *all* let him eat his lunch. (by *all*, I mean Dolly). 

"To not know your history is to remain always a child." -  Cicero one of many possible translations, of course

"A path is a place worn hard by the repeated passing of feet. The repeated passing of familiar thoughts through the landscape of the he...

The fireflies are out there, darting and twinkling. I brought my ipad outside, thinking to film them. I couldn't. Is it possible? But wh...

A bottle of fig vinegar I got for half price at the supermarket, for which I'd never pay full price.

My brother just told me a story; he was intent on my hearing it - it was his confession. He was not further than a mile away from our home...

Our own peas! In Under the Tuscan Sun, Frances Mayes tells of a trip to town, where she passed a woman sitting outside her doorway, c...

Thank you, Mr. Jefferson, For bearding the British brass. And thank  you, Mr. Adams, Of Braintree (Quincy) Mass. Carroll and Clark ...

Okay, so Sue said that New England cottontails don't dig burrows like European rabbits do. I looked it up, and found this . And after se...

We noticed a rabbit inside the garden again a few days ago. So now we think they have an entrance (or exit) to their warren inside the garde...

I didn't hang out the sheet till six o'clock, but it still had time to dry.  And I ate the rest of the strawberries. (No freezer ...

I love to make a big deal out of Midsummer Day if I can. I am working tomorrow, but tonight it's the eve, so I thought I'd try m...