Tag Archives: nature

2025 – A Wandering Mind

As a writer, do you ever get distracted and end up with more than one manuscript at a time on your computer? Or is it just me? I’m like a dog in training who sees a squirrel. I’m sitting my … Continue reading

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2025: Dolphins are the Best

I love dolphins. I’ve always thought they were wonderful creatures. That probably began when I never missed an episode of Flipper when I was a kid (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057748). If you know what I’m talking about you’re as old as I am. … Continue reading

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2025: Cala Lilies and Island Life

My cala lilies are blooming again. They are resilient. I’ve always loved them and had no idea how to grow them until a neighbor gave me a pot of strawberries that contained a little surprise—cala lily bulbs in the soil. … Continue reading

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2025: Garden Redos and Summer

Last year I did a major redo of my front flower beds to make it easier on this poor old body to weed and take care of things. The large bed is rock with shrubs and some statues, etc. Then … Continue reading

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2025: The Birds are Starving!

I don’t know if that title is correct, but the birds in my yard have eaten almost nothing from my bird feeder this winter. They were thick in the summer. I would have thought that in frigid winter when worms … Continue reading

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2024: Easter and the Renewal of Spring

It’s Easter and the beginning of another spring in this part of the world. A time of renewal. It seems to me that the beginning of the year should be April, not January. It’s the renewal of nature after a … Continue reading

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2024: Another Story, Another Time – The Bradford Pear

It’s spring! Well, according to the calendar, we have about 10 days but just look at this beautiful white cloud. I know people say that Bradford Pears are invasive, they break easily in the Oklahoma winds, and then there’s the … Continue reading

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2017 Something New: Easter Lilies and the World

    It’s Easter, a time of resurrection brought to the world each year in the spring – another time of resurrection. Whether you’re Christian or not, everyone enjoys spring and the resurgence of nature.  My iris are blooming and the … Continue reading

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LUCKY THIRTEEN – FIFTY-TWO NEW THINGS FOR 2013: NO. 18

  I’ve read articles stating that if each person that drank water from a bottle threw them into the trash, there would be enough to circle the earth.  I know that you can buy reusable water bottles with and without … Continue reading

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