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Such a glorious summer it has been! What right do we have to gripe now, given the weeks, many weeks we've had of sunny days and cool ni...

The last days of August really do test your resolve to make something of the land around you. Sagging flowers, pocket infestations of this ...

I finally turned on the AC today. That says it all, I think. For the first time this summer, the air is hot, sticky, still. The cheepers ha...

It was so wet, with repeat periods of pounding rain, that my newly supported flowers gave up and fell down again. This time in unison, as t...

Not all days are free of frustrations and wasted hours -- even retired people, I'm learning, can feel the rug of time pulled from under...

When the rains finally came, I was too sleepy-tired to notice or pay attention. But rain it did -- not for long, but heavily enough to get ...

I hate to look forward to a storm, but really, it's been far too long without rain. The drizzle that keeps British gardens in line just...

For me at least, writing is like exercise -- the more I make time for it, the more I want to increase the number of hours I devote to it. I...

You may read this variously. For example -- hot Saturday! what was she up to ?? But I mean nothing more than to say that for once, the day ...