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Category: Nature (page 19 of 21)
Ordinary scissors do not seem to be the best gardening tool
Mark’s gardening aptitude appears better than mine
Jenny is being a great help!
We planted lettuce, eggplant and peppers in this little plot – cherry tomatoes, snap peas and basil elsewhere
Basil bliss!
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How does your weekend look like? Any gardening in the forecast?
Full(-ish) moon on our sailboat Irie in Deltaville, VA (October 2007)
… to stay with the theme of our most recent summer solstice full moon. Not much luck photographing that one, so I searched my archives.
I like Wordless Wednesdays.
Because I have been known to talk and write too much (here I go again).
Because a photo sometimes says more than a thousand words (depends on those words and what the shot does NOT reveal).
Because I finally have an excuse to post pretty cool, but disregarded photos of our travels.
Did you see or photograph the full moon (also called a strawberry moon in June) on June 20th? Did you go outside and let romance overtake you? Did you see fireflies and stars, and felt many mosquitoes upon your skin, like I did?
I can’t quite remember the last time Mark and I went camping for pleasure, as in when we really wanted to go camping. My recollections go back ten years ago or so, when our dogs, the Grand Canyon and loads of insect bites were part of the experience. I mention the “for pleasure” part, because the previous time we seriously camped was for two months in 2007, when a tent and a car were all we owned, so camping was our lifestyle. It wasn’t necessarily our preferred way to live, but the cheapest option in between other adventures. We had just moved out of our truck camper and were in the process of searching and eventually buying our sailboat.
Trying to set up the tent at home – check. All parts are present.
The tent we had for ages was finally traded for some local handicrafts in the San Blas Islands, Panama, a few years ago and a new tent recently became ours through a promotion online. It was time to test it out in earnest. Continue reading
I am happy with my warm and colorful Wordless Wednesday this week. Summer is finally approaching…
To check out more summer bliss and colors, swing by Jude’s blog for her Garden Challenge, or see what summer prompts at The Daily Post. 🙂
Happy Wednesday and don’t forget to smell the flowers!
One of the big advantages of a house and pet sitting lifestyle is that you have the chance to live in different places with every assignment. While we primarily prefer longer term sits for our own comfort, sense of settling in and being able to concentrate on work projects without having to move constantly, we also enjoy being immersed in a new area and having plenty of opportunity and time to explore its surroundings during the weekends.
Recently, our temporary dog Jenny needed new food from a pet food store quite a drive from here. Dave’s Soda and Pet City (interesting name for a pet food store) has a location in the city of Northampton, where other chores could be accomplished, and where neither of us had been before. We decided to combine the necessary with the pleasant and explored the college town around noon on a Saturday.
Flowers around Pelham Lake, MA
Spring has finally arrived in this neck of the woods!
Fun walk around Lake Pelham
Submitted to Wordless Wednesday
Wildflowers near some paddocks
One of the paddocks in the countryside
My parents live in Chestnut Street. The tree to the left is a wild chestnut tree and it is already very green and blooming. The tree on the right is a planted chestnut tree. The difference is interesting.
A small bouquet of wildflowers for Mother’s Day
Day 13 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge – Thoughts on Being a Nomad
Nature draws me to being a nomad. I LOVE being in nature, being part of nature and having nature provide for me. I respect the elements, am in awe of the natural world, appreciate the bounty of Mother Earth (the food, the sun, the rain, the sights) and indulge in her beauty.
It was a cold Saturday in March. Since it was the weekend, Mark and I wanted to take the dogs we are pet sitting for a decent walk in nature, as usual. An area we had not checked out yet since being here for almost three months, was Lake Waramaug.
Only a 15 minute drive away, we found what some call the prettiest lake in Connecticut. Continue reading
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