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Hurricane Gardening

Dan got up early to buy milk, bread and tuna.  We have candles and library books and board games, we also have neighbor kids because their school is closed, so power out boredom is not too scary. I cut...

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And I forgot my camera

Last night Ben’s band played in the Attleboro High School Winter Concert, and my first cousin once removed Martha and her husband Warren came to hear it.  I hadn’t seen her in 35 years or so, since she...

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Caratunk during the flute lesson

I now have map of the Cartunk Wildlife Preserve in my purse We walk there during Ben’s flute lesson, his teacher has moved into smaller quarters, that don’t have a lawn to play on. We know we can walk...

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When you ask Nicely

On my way to the Y to swim, I saw that the Parks Department were pruning their ornamental cherry trees.  I asked if I could have some of the prunings, and they even snipped some of the huge branches...

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Phew, we got through most of May

M and Me on a bridge at Oak Knoll on Mother’s Day My Mom is a “let’s do something this Sunday Afternoon” sort of lady.  The rest of us (except K!) are more, “let’s take a nap this Sunday Afternoon”...

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{p,f,h,r} August was a blur

Between Ben’s trip to visit Uncle Warren in Kentucky, the Family Fun Fair at church, recruiting families for M’s F.I.R.S.T. Lego League team, the car needing a new catalytic converter (Dan may have...

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Daisies, lilies and hosta leaves

It has been overcast, hot and wet this week, we’ve had flash flood warning most days, but so far my down the hill neighbors are fine. In the spirit of “overcast sun is better than no sun, let’s go for...

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BLT salad

Lettuce? Check K’s garden fresh tomato? Check Enough sturdy rectangularly shaped pieces of gf bread to toast?  Nope.  Just a pile of large crumbs.  When it comes to structure, I really, really miss...

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20 years of the Attleboro Community Garden

K got to hold two 3 month old puppies on her lap while sipping free Del’s Lemonaid.  The puppies were cold, so K scooped them up onto her lap and they fell asleep. I got to show off how tall Ben was to...

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Instructions to Fall Christine from Spring Christine

Well, the calendar is not something I pay proper attention to, and I can’t time travel. But I can send myself a note: Hey Chris! Transplant the grape hyacinth bulbs from the front of the rose bed to...

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