Doodads — Getting Fit

Twenty three days ago, my oldest son told me about CICO, which stands for calorie-in calorie-out and sent me a link to an article written by a lady who had lost 90# in a year’s time by using calorie counting.  I was impressed with what seemed like a painless way to take off the many…

Doodads — sunflowers and others

A poem from childhood that the asters reminded me of: A road like brown ribbonA sky that is blue,A forest of green with the sky peeping through.Asters deep purple,A grasshopper’s call,Today it is summer;Tomorrow is fall.—Anonymous

Doodads: Geo, Colbert, and Burton

ABOUT GEO I got a notice that George Harrison’s youtube channel had a new video to watch.  I was truly delighted by it (hoping they used only scrub or already-dead trees to create it.)     ABOUT COLBERT Before the election in November and through last and this past winter  I watched The Late Show…

Doodads August 2021 — yard plus

It’s been a hot hot August and most of what has been done outside is watering the plants to keep them alive.  We had some major rain earlier this week that also involved a 12.5 hour power outage, but I feel fortunate compared to many others in MI who have had outages that are still…

Doodads yard in July flora and fauna

These have all been taken within the last week or so.  The lilies are flourishing!  The butterfly weed is on the wane now but a few days ago, these lovely orange butterflies were swarming it.  I’ve also had the hummingbird moth here on a regular basis but it goes for the zinnias more than anything. …