Blackberry Fairy sits on a leaf

And calls to you with promises sweet.

You follow her song, and brave into the deep,

But oh, those nasty little teeth.


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 The coyotes are singing. They must get closer to the houses every night. Right in my yard, I think. Noisy bunch of hooligans.  The geese fly so low over head during the day that you can hear the wind hiss through their feathers whisss whiss whisss...

I've got to remember to bring my camera every time I go out to the veggie garden. Three of the big ( Read more... )

Eep:  Tore out the peas (they were all done), found the turnips I had hidden in there last March (surprise!) but even more, a *bumper crop* of baby oak trees. Anyone want an oak tree? I have gazilions this year, not just sneaking into the veggie garden beds but all over.  I think I'm gonna call the Dep't of Forestry. At some point they're gonna ( Read more... )

I'm sure no one is really interested in the current status of my on-going battle with my Blackberry Jungle. Well, it's frustrating and overwhelming and I'm gonna have to go out there and hit these thorn be-decked, hydra- like monsters with a toxic substance I don't even *want* around me in order to keep the house and property from being swallowed ( Read more... )

I'm *still* looking for that mythical software CD that I *thought* came with my internal DVD player which still doesn't read DVD's. I really should stop obsessing. I *have* the program (and I think a more complete version; thank you Kya!)  I am trying to access but cannot for lack of said DVD player. I probably don't even need to get into the ( Read more... )