Whirled peas. I just realized that after whining and complaining that I thought I had killed off all my peas, I completely forgot to tell you when the things actually came up and started to flourish. Well, they did! Not nearly five hundred of them… I do believe that they got frosted to death after […]
Oliver bolting down some cat food we brought. The last few times I’ve been to the Patch, this cat has run out from the woods to greet me. The first time I saw him, I’d just picked up our order of Amish food. I had a whole gallon of fresh, full-cream milk in my trunk […]
Photo © Josh McFadden The last of the broccoli came out yesterday, just in time to make room for 200 beans of 4 different varieties. I caught it too late to eat actual heads of broccoli, so instead we contented ourselves with the tender, delicious flowery stalks that each of the little pieces of the […]
 Buttercups in flower. Photo © J. McFadden John Henry once told me, “It’s not really Spring until the buttercups flower.” I thought the meant that in a silly, fluffy, look- at- all- the- beautiful- blossoms kind of way. I should have known he was more interested in the work they represented than whatever loveliness they […]
My parents, who were here for two weeks (hence the long silence from me, sorry!) have arrived back home – so it’s back to business as usual. Jobs and demands and deadlines and cranky bosses and daily life. -sigh-. It was a wonderful vacation while it lasted: a trip of a few days to Colonial […]