Ocean

Q: Why are the reeds bending fiercely in the photo below? Why is the water so rippled? A: (Yes there is such a thing as a stupid Q.) It was...

the winds against the water lilly... can she survive their fierce strength? 

Q: Must have been wonderful to go sailing, therefore? A: Yes. Sailing would have been two thumbs up! Paddle boating? Well, that proved to b...

are we really standing still? worse, going backwards?? 

Today is the birthday of the following people: Herman Melville (he wrote: “friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said ...

Yet another Saturday morning foraging for L’Etoile… Is it tedious to get up at dawn every week to go to the Market? No. (I get to see t...

a dramatic awakening

Is it lonely walking around and around the Square with that rickety old thing that some like to call a red wagon? No. (I meet more people a...

Blogger "B" makes a Market appearance 

Do I stock up on too many fruits and vegetables when I shop for myself at the Market (a common complaint)? No. I stock up on too many flowe...

purple & yellow: definitely this week's colors 

three vases for one table? 

There’s also the problem of too much honey. When I was told by Ms. Bee Charmer that she now had the “champagne of honeys” (made from the bla...

Bee Charmer joins the n.c. parade of honeys

Thanks to my reader pal who found for me the article in Sky & Telescope on the blue moon phenomenon –the modern definition of which is t...

I am writing a post, but my eyes are riveted toward the window. Outside, a bright orange moon is staring straight at me. Why is that an enor...

the excuse that brought us together this afternoon 

special bonds 

sample beer, sample friendship 

these guys know their beer