Picking UP Paw-Paws…
When you are talking about trees that were popular years ago during the fall, the Paw Paw tree has a history. My first experience with the famous fruit tree was with my Grandmother Noice. On Sunday after church, we would pile into the machine. The machine, if I remember, was a black Packard. She always […]
Now that school has begun…
It is that time of year, August. My wife and I have been taking advantage of our pre-fall hikes. September twenty-first is the actual fall date. So we still have a few days before summer is officially over and fall begins. If you hiked in the spring, what you smelled, heard, touched, or tasted, is […]
Peony
My grandma Noice introduced me to the sweetest odor that would grab you, and bathe the senses in its beauty. She would carry me to the Peony plant led by the odor. The bush of lobed, green leaves, on large stems of white and red flowers could be seen from the front porch. These flowers […]
Looking Forward to Williamsburg Virginia
Hello, seems like a long time. It has been a long time, a couple of years too long. A serious amount of time, hiding from diseases. Small things that cause enormous problems. It put the country, the world in extreme turmoil. Politics were just like the disease, they caused enormous problems that just would not […]
Creeping Charlie
I was out in the backyard observing some of the plants I have planted in the last two years. I noticed an evasive plant with a lot of scalloped leaves and pretty blue flowers. The plant seemed to attract bees and smells of strong mint. When I pick it up, it comes up easily, as […]
Violets
I will always wait for the blue violets to grow in my yard. I do not have regular pruned grass; I just let it grow and mow it. In early spring, the wild violets congregate in my yard in various locations. Sometimes, they appear in one place in the front or backyard and sometimes in […]