Archive: June, 2011

Honey, there’s a fawn in the astilbe!

Posted June 17th, 2011
Honey, there’s a fawn in the astilbe!

This morning was no different from most. I woke at 6:30, rose and dressed; sleeping was over and there was much to do to prepare for Father’s Day forty-eight hours away. Morning tasks are always the same. I started the coffee, mixed my morning yogurt with something (today it was muesli), and hung the suet…

The Green, Green Green of Home

Posted June 15th, 2011

I suspect that it may be true that chocolate milk comes from chocolate cows. It has been a miraculous few days of pleasant temperatures, light winds, and sky and clouds as brightly blue and white as Delft pottery. Last week temperatures rose on the shoulders of humidity and for me at least, leaving the shadowy…