Guitar's tuned up. Chance and I are doing "Singing in the Rain." The howling is hurting my ears. Hope it works soon. DR
Here are some pictures of Century Plants in bloom just up the hill from our house. Known as Parry's Century Plant it is a variety of Agave and it...
Better watch those rain dances. Things got pretty wet here last week. No rain today, but it is pretty hot! DR
I don't like the looks of those. I would be very leery of them. Remember the old mushroom pickers code "There are old mushroom pickers and there...
Frank!! I think the toaster shorted out!!!
If General Discussion is too formal, then maybe you could call it Captain Discussion or Major Discussion. DR
As someone who has been stung several times by scorpions, I would rather have a dozen tarantulas in the house than one scorpion. I have had a...
Hum! Since we are in the process of slowly painting our house, one side at a time, maybe I should go buy some seeds for Scarlet Runner Beans or...
Sijo consists of three lines of about 15 syllables each for a total of about 45 syllables. The first line must state the theme. The second line...
The sun rose blood red this morning. Smoke in the air has that effect. The summer monsoons have arrived. Yesterday afternoon we had a giant...
I think I worked for that outfit. DR
Denee, It is always a pleasure to see someone whose talents lie in more than one area. You should write more and one way to do it is to keep a...
Yawnnnnnn! I hate that alarm clock.
Frank, I have always liked Haiku. Let me come back at you with one of my attempts at Korean Sijo. It was developed in Korea during the period...
We had a stray cat showed up one cold winter day. His name was Charlie. He adopted us and sometimes was a housecat and sometimes a yard cat....
An answer in poetry. Thank you, Primsong. I would have to guess that all gardeners are poets. It's just that their poetry usually shows up in...
It's Saturday and the temperature's high. Dog's out teachin'them birds to fly. Can she run-boy look at her go! OOPS, she tripped on a dumb old...
Chance is working among the grapevines. She has to keep the birds out so we get some grapes. She is working undercover in camoflage. Can you see...
Thank you all for the birthday wishes. Thanks for the old song Pinkiered. Took me back years to a dance. Thanks for the memory jog. DR
I remember something about that Gila Woodpecker Dooley was talking about. We had one that wasn't too smart. He used to hang on the side of the...
