Monthly Archives: February 2022

Dear Reader: While walking through the garden last week… this one lone bloom was sitting on a mound of dirt, above ground level, pulled up by some burrowing ” critter” I suppose, with only one central root still intact underground … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Have you ever read a book… undecided if you want to finish it… and then discovering ( to your immense pleasure) that the ending explained all your questions and misperceptions? Your final analysis… ” Best book I ever … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was a flurry ( blurry) day… running errands that kept me hopping from place to place. Around noon I had a ” pizza attack” and called in a large pizza while getting some banking done! I rarely … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: A few weeks ago I took a leap of faith and cut back all the brittle brown stems on ” Big Red” my ” historic geranium. It looked sad and pathetic then but the gamble paid off… green … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I am just not quite ready to send Lincoln back into the recesses of my cranium treasure memory ” attic.” When I saw this ( title quote) reversing the assessment of our homes…using human feeling by letting our … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I knew I couldn’t let Presidents Day come and go this year without paying tribute to our greatest President-Abraham Lincoln. Last night I tearfully ( assassination scene) finished watching the History Channel’s three night documentary simply titled: Abraham … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: In Charleston … yesterday, Presidents Day, meant no school if… the assignments for Tuesday were complete. So Sunday night… Eva Cate face-timed me that she finished her Cold War project so she and Jake could come visit me … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The sun was out yesterday and the temps hovering near 70… a perfectly beautiful day! I walked around the yard assessing the state of the garden… pretty rough… it is definitely going to require some laborious weed pulling … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: When Tate Nation… sent Rutledge a personalized congratulations note on learning the Presidents … he also generously sent me three notecard paintings on Pretty Place. I sent one to Honey since Tarshie married there and Kaitlyn since she … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday as I was taking photos of my gorgeous pink camellias … abundantly filling every stem… I happened to glance down and in almost a mirror effect… many of the camellias had gotten blown off the gigantic bush/tree. … Continue reading →