Author: doug

I wish I could coax this groundcover to spread more in our garden. Its flowers are only about 1/4″ across, but they’re a brilliant purple-blue and last for over a month.

 

 

It’s never the most relaxing morning when you need to call the electric company at 8am. Various things in the house weren’t working, and I finally figured out (before coffee, mind you) that we had lost one phase of our electric service. The nice lineman diagnosed it as a loose connection where their wire attaches to the house, and everything was fixed by 10.

On this day in 2009 we moved to Newton.

After two weeks I’ll be fully cooked.

This insect came for a visit as we sat around the fire pit.

There’s a new taqueria walking distance from our house! That’s a chorizo torta, al pastor & lengua tacos, and house-made hot sauce.

This red-winged blackbird is the King of Great Meadows. At least according to him.

First spit-roasted chicken of 2021

Wednesday’s daffodil now has a lot of friends

Does the first daffodil of the year still count if it’s not fully open yet?