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Archive for January, 2008

presidential prairie restoration

Posted: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in land stewardship | Comments Off

A fews months back I wrote about touring a native prairie restoration in Crawford. Now the owner of that prairie, Mike Williams, has been featured in a news video about a similar prairie restoration underway on the ranch owned by President Bush.
You can view that video via a link at this story. […]

first album

Posted: Saturday, January 26th, 2008 in outside in the garden | 2 Comments »

I have been exchanging emails with Cowtown Pattie about the first music albums we ever bought on our own, or records, as I called them.
I am pretty certain that the first album I ever bought was Elvis’ Golden Records. Yes, I was a real Elvis fan in grade school. I remember […]

the ufo

Posted: Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in current events | 1 Comment »

The past week the talk around the hardware store and after church has turned to UFO’s.  As a topic it’s a welcome respite from talk about the weather, and way safer than venturing an opinion on politics.  The reason for the talk of course  is the recent sightings just down the road around Stephenville.
So far […]

return of the natives

Posted: Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 in outside in the garden | 7 Comments »

Most of you know that I like native plants and use them in my garden, although not exclusively. For many years I have also belonged to a society that promotes native plants.
I got a letter the other day from someone in the society. It seems it is undergoing a bit of an […]

bloom day - january

Posted: Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 in outside in the garden | 2 Comments »

Nothing to see here folks - move along.
I took the camera with me into the garden searching for a bloom but couldn’t find any. Even the mistletoe that was blooming last week has finished. There were some roses trying earlier also but the deer must have gotten to them again.

 

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