Sherrieflower's Blog

Overwhelmed

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:18:00 GMT

Hot humid July -- I don't do well in hot weather - it just wilts me so I barely have the energy to keep up with everything. And July is a busy month. Blueberries are on full bore n...

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May 30 FOX UPDATE

Fri, 30 May 2008 22:11:00 GMT

Wow - here we are at the end of May already! Memorial Day weekend, my husband found one of the fox kits dead under some shrubbery near the corner of where our drive and our neighbor's drive meet...

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May 9th update - We've got Kits!

Fri, 09 May 2008 21:52:00 GMT

I was rounding the corner of the east end of the house [pool wing] today when I heard a little yip. It was coming from under my oak leaf hydrangea bush up by the house. I looked over and noticed ...

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The Kingfisher's Lunch - POEM

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:47:00 GMT

THE KINGFISHER’S LUNCH

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Here's My Poem : The HERON

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:44:00 GMT

THE HERON

The tall, skinny heron stalks the pond keeping a wary watch

With slow...

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May 8 2008

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:18:00 GMT

May 8th - this date always stops me in my tracks - like I am supposed to remember something. It's because May 8th was my original due date for when my daughter was supposed to have been born - but...

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EEEUUH WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FORMAT?

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:01:00 GMT

Geez, I was just learning how to figure my way around this site and you go and change it on me. This new format is not as cool looking as the old one = What gives?

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Who felt the Earthquake?

Mon, 05 May 2008 14:41:00 GMT

Did anyone else feel the earthquake that happened along the New Madrid fault here in the Midwest on Friday, April 18th?

I was shaken awake and woke up to feel my bed moving and I could hear c...

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Baby Turtle May 2nd 2008

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:07:00 GMT

We found a baby turtle in the back yard! Our p...

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Some thoughts on a labyrinth/crazy mowing

Sat, 03 May 2008 15:34:00 GMT

Another cold front, strong winds and thunderstorms passing through. Couldn't leave my plants out yesterday to harden off coz I didn't want them to get whipped to shreds. I had the thought of...

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A Wren flew into my house!

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:37:00 GMT

I guess I need to be more careful when leaving the garage door open, to make sure doors into the house are closed. I am taking plants in and out of the garage as part of the "hardening off" p...

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Last Day of April - so we should be Frost Free!

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Today is the last day of April so we should be frost free now for the rest of the season. The cold front that came through the last couple of days is on its way out now. Touch and go there the la...

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New Poem!

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:26:00 GMT

I wrote a new poem yesterday!

AWED IN APRIL

What is in bloom

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:23:00 GMT

I did a walkabout yesterday and here's a list of what is in bloom here now April 24, 2008

Daffodils/narcissi/jonquils - along the woods and all around the house + paperwhites on the...

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FULL SWING INTO SPRING

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:31:00 GMT

4/21/08 It is amazing how quickly everything takes off once the temperature warms a bit and the spring rains begin to green everything up. We are now at peak bloom for the hundreds...

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