Hello kind and gentle readers! It’s me, the beagle, reporting on what’s happening around the backyard. Mom and Dad took down the garden last year. They said it was too much work for what they got out of it. Plus there was a little problem with destruction. Apparently one of the dogs kept playing in…
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I’ve been remiss in thanking Burpee for their wonderful gift basket. Back in July, I participated in a contest on Pinterest for My Burpee Dream Garden. I wrote a long post here and shared with all of you what I’d do for a garden whether I won or not. Well, I didn’t win. A lovely woman named…
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Quiet thoughts for today. The last tomatoes of summer Ripening slowly, waiting patiently For the final nip of first frost
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Dear Readers – My Mom recently showed you my picture after she yelled at me for walking all over the flowers in her garden. I want you to know there’s two sides to every story and she was totally unfair to me. Understand that I’m a beagle and I hunt. I love chasing the rabbit…
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Burpee has a fun little contest going on over at Pinterest. Oh wait, did I forget to tell you I’m on Pinterest now? Sorry about that. Yeah, I started doing it several weeks ago. It’s a great activity when I wake up at 3 am and can’t get back to sleep. I know it’s a time…
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This week’s theme for Six Word Friday is “return”. It is a good description of my daughter helping me plant the garden this last weekend: Order returns to the garden again. I ended last year’s garden feeling pretty discouraged. The tomatoes either rotted or got eaten, and while we picked a fair amount of winter squash,…
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I was on vacation last week and did I ever have fun! I felt like I did it all – read a lot books, stayed home, went away, relaxed, and worked hard. I went back to work this week feeling refreshed and like I’d had a good break from it all. Here are some of…
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This week’s photo challenge is spring. My favorite boy toy and I spent the morning at the botanical gardens. We woke up tired (the pits) and felt like doing absolutely nothing at all. So to spend our time in the fresh air, walking around, and taking a few pictures was a great way to relax…
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