Tag Archives: gardening

I have been eaten by caterpillars & other early September stories

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Kathy

  This morning a leaf beckoned me to open the deck door and walk outside.  Come, come, it whispered.  I am covered with dew.  I am a harbinger of autumn, even though most of your leaves still sing in green.  … Continue reading →

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It’s life and death for them today

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Kathy

Fingers in brown sandy soil thinning crowded avenues of carrots.  I used to despair thinning these deep tap roots stretching down past undulating worms.  How could one decide carrot life or death?  How could one presume to kill this one … Continue reading →

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Lock your cars in late August or beware…

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Kathy

Sometimes I love this twilight hour of a late November afternoon.  Darkness approaches; the gray overcast sky nestles among the bones of tree branches.  Dinner beckons in the mind’s recesses:  what shall we have? Tonight it’s zucchini fritters laced with … Continue reading →

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Less

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Kathy

You may be reading less blogs here at the shore of Lake Superior Spirit for a while. Yes, you used to see posts on the blog every day, or every other day.  I’ve written up a storm here since 2010. … Continue reading →

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Don’t fall asleep in a classical concert and don’t put a red carpet in our bedroom

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Kathy

It must be time to write another blog, isn’t it?  I mean, its been a LONG time since last Friday.  A zillion things have happened.  How to even touch on a few of them? 1)  I brought the three photos to … Continue reading →

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Hi ho the dario the farmer in the woods.

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Kathy

Here we are.  Mid to late September.  Still working in the garden in front of our house.  Still pulling plants (feeding them to the deer who have been zapped away from the garden by the handy electric fence) and harvesting delicious broccoli, … Continue reading →

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From “Here is the church & here is the steeple” to shoveling mulch

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Kathy

 Today we A) went to church and B) shoveled mulch.  It was a grand day visiting my parents!   Oh, and my dear dear mama listened to me reading part of the novel I wrote for NaNoWriMo last November.  She actually sat … Continue reading →

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