A grapevine it's not

Whew! Got a kick-ass two inches of rain yesterday; all within 45 minutes or so. Went out this AM and all the plants are happy and green green green, especially since we got lightning. The cicadas are ecstatic. It’s loud out there!! Now it’s time to clean up the overflow areas or leaves and soil…small [...]

I came out this morning to make some coffee, begin getting moving for the day, when I look out the door’s window and see the pot with the Carolina Wren’s nest topped over. Ah, horror!!!!! There’s a nest in there!! So I put some chooz on and headed out to recover what might be left. [...]

Capturing 30% of the oil escaping from that fucking pipe is hardly making things better. Keep trying. A little harder please.

despite efforts to plug the pipe with mud, cement and debris. Folks, did you really believe stuffing crap into a well that’s spewing at pressure from the bottom of the ocean would work? When the drilling apparatus was on the Deepwater Horizon, were there not pressure control mechanisms? C’mon kids, try a little harder. Use [...]

What a perfectly appropriate beginning for Spring. It’s pouring rain, slightly cool and we’re chilling after a week of work. Granted, today was to be a volleyball, beach day with friends but, alas, all things must change. Currently I’m working on the new work site, which will hopefully work with Webber as backer. A little [...]

It dumped on us on my birthday!!! We went out snowmobiling with Candi and Larry and, though it’d started snowing a little earlier, the further we got from the cabins the more is came down; larger and larger flakes. We took off into a wind-sheltered area and just chilled out for a few minutes. The [...]

I’m enjoying my Master Gardener course so much! Every day I learn something new, which I can use in my garden and pass on to others. Nature is so amazing! And just by paying attention and applying login and understanding you can learn even more. On Thursday I volunteered at the Discovery Gardens, the extension [...]

20:09 Wow!! That was by far the nastiest storm we’ve had this season. Thankfully we had the presence of mind to turn off the a/c and unplug everything we wanted to be able to use tomorrow. The power blinked or went off 7 times—in the middle of dinner I might add—but fortunately never stayed off. [...]

Went to Silver Springs on Monday with the rents and the neighbors. Neat place! Very natural. A little sad though, since they were near bankruptcy there’s many things that’ve gone the way of the dodo, including filler plants. Relaxing place :) I’d love to win the lottery and donate some money (and time) for plants. [...]

Since May 17th, Eustis has received 13.37″ of rain. The only place that got more was Daytona Beach with 14.91″, but they’re on the coast so it’s to be expected. To be honest, I thought we’d gotten more, the way the lake and pond came up, the way everything is overflowing. Yes we needed rain [...]