It was a cold but brilliant day here in Cleveland. Too cold to do any gardening, but that does not mean that I couldn’t enjoy a bit of the outdoors inside. I was given two free tickets to the Cleveland… Read more ›
I was directed to a rather odd article in the New York Times about the fact that worms will be the end of the forest as we know it, or some other some similar media derived disaster. But I know… Read more ›
Yesterday, it was 75F. Today, it was 70F. Tomorrow, it will be 40F. And by the weekend, it will be snowing. *sigh*This is Cleveland weather. The temperatures map like the electro cardiogram of a recent heart attack victim being hit… Read more ›
I never rely on snowdrops to tell me when spring has arrived. Now, it is not to say that I am knocking the more commonly used snowdrop, it is just that I have, for my garden, an earlier indicator that… Read more ›
The clocks changed Saturday night and somewhere around 10:00PM Sunday night, I figured that out. I suppose this would qualify as a reason why going to church might be worth while. I have always wondered why they call it “Daylight… Read more ›
Wow, one year ago today, I opened a blogger account and figured, what the heck, let’s see what the whole blogging thing is all about. I thought it would be a nice way to keep track of what I did… Read more ›
Yesterday, in my lamenting, I mentioned that garden magazines were filled with the gardening success stories of wealthy women and gay couples. This statement stems from a joke that my mother and I have on the subject in that there… Read more ›
Despite the best predictions of the weather men, the temperature today was 60F. The snow seemed to flee the vicinity and revealed the horror that I forgot was my yard. All of the toys that the kids didn’t quite get… Read more ›
Like 90% of the residents of the 12 states that participate in the Mega Millions lottery, I bought a lottery ticket today. The other 10% are either dying in hospitals and unable to express their desire to buy a ticket… Read more ›
I am happy to announce that I am now the proud mama to a bunch of bouncing babies! If it wasn’t for the fact that it’s now illegal to smoke anywhere public in Ohio, I would pass out cigars. Now… Read more ›
