Well, dear readers, you may as well know the truth. This post was *strictly* supposed to be about my continued adventure with bamboo, but something got in the way. Yes, the rose fairies, and there you have it. I’ve said it straight out. What’s a girl to do? I tried to tell them this space [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Kathryn
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“Full moon in Scorpio!” my darling daughter advises me Saturday afternoon. “Can you feel it?” Uh, not really. Maybe tonight? “3:25AM.” Okey dokey. Sure enough, 3:25AM I find myself wide awake. The doggies stir and I decide to let them out to pee. Why not? Immediately the moon sears through the back yard onto my [...]
Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by Kathryn
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I’m in love. I don’t know why it took me so long to notice him. He’s so beautiful, so mystical, so enchanting, so romantic. He’s probably been trying to catch my attention for years, and I had no eyes for him. Now I do. He’s my Bamboo. What brought him to my attention was strictly [...]
Posted on April 18th, 2008 by Kathryn
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While I had over the years experimented with various herbs in my garden it took having dinner with Bill Greaves, book artist extraordinaire, and his wonderful wife, Amy, in Cave Creek, Arizona to change my views on growing herbs by stepping up my knowledge and commitment to doing it right. Amy took growing herbs very [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Kathryn
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Pussycat, pussycat where have you been? I’ve been to London to see the queen. Pussycat, pussycat what did you there? I frightened a little mouse under her chair. People who read this blog regularly know that I have two Border Collies and if you’ve ever been around Border Collies you know they would be the [...]
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Kathryn
Filed under: Animals | 20 Comments »