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Archive for February, 2007

beside the lake, beneath the trees

Posted: Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 in outside in the garden | 5 Comments »

Ah, spring. The first flower appeared today.

in which we sail away to oz

Posted: Sunday, February 25th, 2007 in nature and environment | 3 Comments »

It got a little scary here yesterday.
Some say the winds got up to 60 miles an hour. I don’t know for sure since we don’t have any equipment to measure wind speed. But I can say that it was the most wind I’ve experienced since I sat out a hurricane in Houston back […]

my first blog

Posted: Saturday, February 24th, 2007 in blogging and technology | 2 Comments »

I’ll tell you a secret.
I had another blog before this one.
It was a journal of serious political and social commentary. At the time I was recuperating at home from a medical procedure and spending a lot of time surfing the internet and reading blogs. I thought I could write as well as the […]

not deer-proof

Posted: Sunday, February 18th, 2007 in outside in the garden | 10 Comments »

That birdfeeder is advertised as squirrel-proof; but they didn’t say anything about deer.
I guess I should have suspected this, but I recently noticed that deer like sunflower seeds. Also apparently safflower, which is what is currently in the feeder.

valentine

Posted: Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 in outside in the garden | 6 Comments »

This is the same cactus that I photographed in the snow a couple weeks back. The weatherman is saying there could be snow again tomorrow. We’ll see.
Update:  11 am - yep, it’s starting to snow.

 

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