Category Archives: Crazy Me

Reading Report: End of May

The Wizard’s Daughter by Barbara Michaels, 109/325: I am enjoying this book about a young woman, left penniless upon the death of her father, who is unexpectedly swept up into a lifestyle of luxury and spiritualism. It’s far-fetched but in … Continue reading

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Nature Report: Late May

Positives: The pyrola is coming along nicely. The flower stalks have gotten taller, as expected. The false Solomon’s seal is blooming. It’s one of my favorite woodland wildflowers, and I plan to feature it in a SITY post later this … Continue reading

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Tricky Tick

I recently found a dog tick crawling across the floor near the front door. It must have hitched a ride into the house on someone’s shoe. I’m so glad that I saw it and removed it before it had a … Continue reading

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SITY: A Lovely Metaphor

Four-leaf clovers aren’t rare. Neither are five-leaf clovers. I find them all the time. Though they’re not rare, four-leaf clovers are something that you have to train yourself to see. First, you have to look at the ground. It is … Continue reading

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Plant Tales

The biggest story in the yard these days is the massive reproductive efforts of our trees. There are remnants of fall acorns everywhere. There are seedlings and saplings all around, too, not just baby oaks, but also maples and birches, … Continue reading

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Pretty as a Flower

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Invitations, etc.

I didn’t get as much done yesterday as I would have liked, but I did more than the minimum. I even responded to a bridal shower invitation and sent a gift two weeks before the deadline, if you can believe … Continue reading

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SITY: Reminders

Back in April I spotted some flowers that I hadn’t seen in the yard before, at least not that I could recall. It had to be a dogwood flower, I thought. Nothing else has quite that look. It puzzled me, … Continue reading

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Philosophy

My life philosophy, according to my actions: If a task will take many hours of hard work, slave over it long enough to get within sight of the finish line, but not over it, then stop and do not start … Continue reading

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Four Years Ago

As I was looking through one of my nature albums recently, I realized that it’s just about time to make another one. The first one covered nature-related blog posts and photographs from 2007 through 2011. The second one covered 2012 … Continue reading

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