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Gardener's Tale.
I have been off air, compelled by my circumstances, crippled by my circumstances and have truly missed my "fellow-bloggers".It is six months since I had vanished in the thin air. The last time I had written my blog, I was trying to get myself a camer...

Fall colours and the Laughing Buddha
My Garden is bare without any color; no sumac, no tulip tree, no burning bush, not even nandinas. There are leaves everywhere, more and more leaves falling lifeless and still. I rake them off every now and then but I also understand it is a never end...

Requiem to the Squirrel
You yet may see the Chipmunk at play,Or, the Bluejay in the bushes green.But the playful juv'nile Squirrel grey,Will never again be seen.(With an apology to Wm Wordsworth).Around noontime today, the hawk was bold enough to descend upon the unsuspecti...

The Last Straw
My backyard is now empty, almost. The backyard which used to provide hours and hours of unadulterated joy and happiness is now quiet and desolate. I had once counted eight juvenile squirrels (6) and chipmunks (2) frolicking around in my backyard........

Hot Thai/Pequin Peppers.
Squirrels had eaten up the entire lot of blueberries before I could harvest them. The critters had mistaken my kindness to be my weakness and the thought had made me upset. But, as the story unfolds, I am beginning to see them in a different light; p...