Thursday, May 14, 2020

The Bent but not Broken Cherry #ThursdayTreeLove

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The cherry tree stands on a median between the sidewalk and a street on the West Side of Binghamton, New York. Its trunk is twisted.  Bu...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Rise Up and Flower #WordlessWednesday

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I could make this a true Wordless Wednesday by linking to this blog post and saying "what she said". But I am not going to be that...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

A Peek Into a Community Garden

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Our community garden is open! My spouse planted our onion plants yesterday.  For all those thinking of gardening, I wanted to give you a ...
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Monday, May 11, 2020

Mothers Families and Little Richard #MusicMovesMe

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It's the day after Mother's Day and it's time for Music Moves Me. Who are the members of Music Moves Me ?  We are bloggers ...
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Sunday, May 10, 2020

Mothers Day in the Time of Coronavirus

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Needless to say, this is a different Mother's Day. My son came by.  I haven't seen him since mid-March, although we have texted an...
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Saturday, May 9, 2020

The Robin vs Me

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Nature is still nature, whatever else is happening in our world.   I like robins.  I love their early morning musical concerts, which they...
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Friday, May 8, 2020

Cloudy or Sunny? #SkywatchFriday

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It's Friday, and it's time to watch the sky.  Once again, I don't have any spectacular sunrise or sunset photos, but what I deci...
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Thursday, May 7, 2020

Time of Transition #ThursdayTreeLove

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Spring is a time of transition. Trees get that signal only they understand.  They yawn and stretch, lengthening days telling them it is ti...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Flowers of Fear #WordlessWednesday

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What a sad and scary time.  I was working on an outdoor flower pot this afternoon when the postman started up the sidewalk to our house. ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Spring Can't Be Taken Away From Us

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I had a blog post all scheduled to run this morning.  And then, at 3 am (what is it about 3am?) I woke up with a bad feeling.  A very bad fe...
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Monday, May 4, 2020

May The Fourth be Music and an A to Z Retrospective #MusicMovesMe #AtoZChallenge

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May the Fourth Be With You on this Music Moves Me Monday! Who are the members of Music Moves Me ?  We are bloggers who blog with music ...
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Sunday, May 3, 2020

Gardening Has Not Been Cancelled

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So many things in our lives have changed.  Millions unemployed.  Meat supplies limited. Schools cancelled for the year, turning many parents...
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Saturday, May 2, 2020

Avocado Memories (And a Recipe)

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Tuesday is the Cinco of Mayo, and it's going to be a strange one where spouse and I live in upstate New York.  Why?  Although we are not...
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Friday, May 1, 2020

Rabbit Rabbit Skies #SkywatchFriday

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It's May Day but you wouldn't know it, here in upstate New York.  The dreary spring festival continues. Here and there, we had som...
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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Zig Zag Zoo #AtoZChallenge

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It's the last day of April, meaning it is the last day of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge.  I've gotten through another Challenge...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Yellow #AtoZChallenge #WordlessWednesday

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This, I believe, is the second time I've chosen the color yellow as the focus of my Y post for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. I d...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Xanthine #AtoZChallenge

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The last thing I ever expected was to have my vocabulary expanded in ways I never would have dreamed of back in January. "X", fo...
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Monday, April 27, 2020

William and other Wonderful (Angel Songs) #AtoZChallenge #MusicMovesMe

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It's time for another episode of #MusicMovesMe. It's also W day on the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. Who are the members of Mu...
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Sunday, April 26, 2020

Chickens In These Times

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This post, with some edits, updates, and additions, was first posted in August, 2010. I never realized that Iowa is the #1 egg produc...
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Saturday, April 25, 2020

Victory Vegetatively

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I don't even remember how I got on the topic, but my cousin in New York City brightened up when I started talking about windowsill gar...
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