Tag: Garden
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Berry Bliss
The Baltimore Orioles showed me that some mulberries were ripe on May 11. I’m enjoying spring in Virginia! I was annoyed that the birds were knocking so many on the ground until I found TWO box turtles under the tree. The wildlife didn’t leave me many ripe berries for the first week, but once it got…
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Power Hour (and Garden)
I am loving spring in Virginia! It has been 4 years since I have been here in April. Those of you who read my recent blog post (some went to spam), know that this is the end of a big fundraising period for the local libraries. I hope you will consider donating $10 or $20…
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Generosity
Giving brings me joy and I hope this post inspires you as well. The annual Great Community Give is cool initiative celebrating local non-profit organizations. It has a fun “game” vibe where your monetary donation enters your organization into multiple drawings. Your charity may get up to $4000 in donated prize money in addition to…
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Greenhouse from Costco
We have been home just over a month and spent a chunk of that time building a Yardistry 8′ x 10′ greenhouse from Costco. We have lots of rocks on our property so used them before adding the landscape stone that we purchased. We chose to install the greenhouse on a flat area near an…
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Happy Birds
I woke up to dozens of birds feeding in the trees this morning. There is a rotating menagerie of robins and cedar waxwing in our Hawthorn tree. The fruit must be in prime condition today. Earlier this morning, one aggressive robin tried to claim the entire tree as his (or her?) own. Now birds fly…
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Retirement
Plans for most days in the next month: Garden/Forage Bird Watching Exercise Prep and eat healthy food Read Other plans, not necessarily every day: Travel planning and prep Family, friends, church Various computer chores, about 2 hours per day so it doesn’t build up. No more than 4 hours in a day!!! Games on my…
Me & C 