Doodads — witch hazel, prickly pear, and more

Friday and Saturday were spent mowing, trimming, and hauling bricks to the middle of the yard to build a foundation for the Amish-made lighthouse that has replaced the eroding, ant-infested wishing well my stepfather built for me many moons ago.  When the wood-shingled roof of it fell off last fall, a plan to replace emerged. …

Mouse

The time before this recent time I went to get my oil changed at the nearby shop, the manager said my oil wasn’t dirty, so come back in another 2,000 miles.  Not sure how many of you have had such an experience, where you get sent away from the oil changing shop not being asked…

Doodads from the past week

This past week was a whirlwind of activities and barely time to transfer photos from camera to computer to share. This past Tuesday I was on my way to FMG when suddenly both lanes of traffic halted.  It was difficult to see what was going on ahead, only that lanes were crawling.  As my car’s…

Doodads — yardpics, one more time

A couple of these were taken a few days ago, at sunset, but the rest are pics taken today, out in that beautiful sunshine.  Be expecting more pics later tonight or in the next couple of days from Frederik Meijer Gardens (from now on abbreviated at FMG) as I’m headed over in a bit.  We…

Walk out back plus 020924

It’s sunny but chilly out there.  When I went out to get the mail and fill one of the bird feeders, I decided to talk out back.  The top pic shows some of the pinecones on one of the red pines.  As the trees grow larger, so do the size of the pine cones.  All…

Spring is wiggling its way…

It was sunny part of yesterday, and at 5:27p.m., it is still light out AND it was sunny all day today.  First are pics taken inside of the African Violet (above) and the rosemary in bloom in the atrium. Next, are a couple of the prickly pear cactus plant.  I believe every one of the…