The sun is out and the birds are singing

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Okay, so it's only -6 degrees but that's okay. With the sun shining brightly, our solar panels are charging like mad, and it actually feels warmer than it is. What a huge improvement over...

Spring is dragging its feet this year

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It seems that this year, spring is dragging its feet. Or maybe we just got spoiled when it was 60 degrees a week or so ago? Each day brings another "fit and start." One...

The signs of spring are all around us

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Even though when you look at my front flower bed, heaped with dirty snow, ice, and some wood ashes and say "yuck," if you really look closely, you'll see little daffodils coming up. I...

Our gardens are doing fantastic

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We're so happy to have our gardens looking so good. Sure, the corn in the North garden is a bit spotty and a few melons had to be replanted as the vines got wind-blown...

Spencer had surgery

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Our faithful "BIG DOG" Black Lab, has Spencer, had a tumor on his hind leg. Although it was relatively small and didn't seem attached, we opted to just leave it alone. But over the...