May is redbud trees and flowering crabapples and weeping cherries. May is planting petunias and lobelia and bee balm. And tomatoes and cucumbers and green beans. May is hummingbird feeders and songbird seed and trying to outsmart the squirrel. May … Continue reading
Does your family have a rule about the earliest date the air conditioning can get turned on? I am always determined not to do it until June, but usually May has some hot days and every year I break my … Continue reading
Under last year’s slimy leaves, stalwart crocus were trying to find the sun. Hidden by a thicket of some silvery-gray leaved shrub, a clump of daffodils caught enough light to try to bloom. I never thought clearing a muddy hillside … Continue reading