A Little Farm
This spring season will be bringing some exciting changes for our daughter. And us too as we want to be involved in her new adventure. A small homesteading farm is in her future. The little chicks...
View ArticleThe Osprey Have Returned
The osprey on Hog Island in Maine have returned for the 2014 season. And it is so good to see them! With the winter being so much colder this year and the snow sticking around for so much longer, it...
View ArticlePlaying Cribbage
Cribbage – a card game my husband has played with his family for years. I’d watch, but could never quite get into it – they moved so fast it was hard to understand it. Well, after 32 years, the time...
View ArticlePerseid Meteor Showers
The Perseid Meteors are in full force at this time of the year. The prime time to see them is during the new moon phase, which is the darkest it gets during the moon cycle. This year, the best dates...
View ArticleBack to Blogging
It is been quite some time since I have updated this blog. In fact, all of my blogs have been suffering from neglect. I am hoping to turn a new leaf and keep them all updated on a fairly regular...
View ArticleAn Early Spring?
The ground hog predicted earlier this month that spring would make an early arrival. Since it has been a meager winter in terms of snow here in New England, it is a good thought to have that these...
View ArticleA New Blog Design
This blog has needed some updating for quite some time. Not only has it been neglected for posts, but the design that I loved years ago was having loading problems on different browsers. So began the...
View ArticleKnitting with a Pattern
My grandmother on my mother’s side was the first person to interest me in knitting. She wasn’t a very experienced knitter, but she knew the basics enough to teach her granddaughter of eight years how...
View ArticleAlmost Spring
The bird song has increased over the last couple of days which adds an extra joy to the daily walks. And the next few days are forecast to be well above freezing. These signs of spring are most...
View ArticleSwimming with the Loons
The lake water was gorgeous today, this 16th of June. The park hasn’t officially opened for the season yet, so we were lucky enough to have the whole place to ourselves. Of course, it’s still kind of...
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