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We’re closing out the month and the year with another cloudy, frosty day. Today is the second last day of 2023. New Year’s Eve arrives tomor...

Since next weekend occurs after September 1, today is the last weekend of (meteorological) summer. A little hoppy toad in the driveway help ...

Yesterday we mentioned trilliums and lilacs. This morning we were pleasantly surprised to discover trilliums we hadn’t previously noticed gr...

Once again the people, the marriage, and the house, have survived the hanging of the outside Christmas lights. This year some gratuitous yar...

With excellent assistance from the Better Half  [BH], the mums are now planted along the north side of the  drive. Some time in the  next fe...

Tomorrow we celebrate the Winter Solstice. Tonight's weather forecast calls for some overnight snow, an appropriate prelude to the 4:02 ...

Isn't today close to a peak autumn day? While doing some outside chores, I found myself waxing nostalgic for the "good old days...

The brush pile burn in honor of Lughnasadh (Loo-nah-sa) went well yesterday evening. The scattered thunderstorms passed to our North. There ...

Another name used for Lughnasadh is “Lammas”, from the old-anglosaxon “hlaef-mass” (loaf mass, mass where the first loaf of bread is conse...

Today starts our Community Supported Agriculture [CSA] farm's Summer Shares Season. I see it as the beginning of harvest season. The day...

Last night's solstice was duly celebrated with a backyard "bonfire" after dinner. We lucked out with a brief period of showers...

Today, in the Northern hemisphere, the sun will reach its most northerly point at 4:23 this afternoon, our local time. If we stop to think a...

If life were a movie, the next few days would be the trailer for late February, early March. That's when average daytime highs once agai...

Today is Smokey the Bear's 75th birthday. One of our favorite poets, 50 long years ago, said what is even more important today and tomor...