Is it just a stone…or will it bite me?
We live in a limestone area that produces some interesting looking rock formations. This one has teeth. Just for fun, here’s my shark rock. If it only had […]
The silver maple is still trying……
Last fall I wrote about a tree perservering even tho one might not expect it to. https://sarasinart.net/2013/08/05/perseverance/ I had to have the tree cut down, and then it sent […]
Onion sets……let the gardening begin!
Serious thoughts of gardening begin when the hardware store downtown gets their onion sets. These little dandies planted and left in the ground about 6 weeks give you the […]
Colonoscopy, a necessary test
Without too much TMI, I want to explain something that’s important to peoples’ health. I’m getting old(er) and the doctor insisted I had to have a colonoscopy. Colon […]
The squirrel saga and cat psychology
No more squirrels have been caught. About a week ago we moved the trap to the other side of the house, cos I hadn’t heard anything for a while. […]
Best sign of spring
My little teeny crocus are up out behind the house. The smallest crocus I’ve ever seen, and the earliest flower ever here. I’ve seen them snowed on on occasion, […]
The squirrel score, and what a surprise
There was another time when the trap was sprung and no squirrel, and no cracker that time. Days in between with no activity at all. So a couple days ago […]
Score: squirrel, 1, human, 0
This old house. A squirrel found his way into my attic, and the only place I see any light along the eave is so small that I can’t believe one […]
Some bamboo is still frozen to the ground
We’ve had a really hard winter. It’s the longest time period that I’ve ever had bamboo laying down, frozen to the ground with snow still on and around it. Most […]
The most fun you can have with a peanut butter jar
A peanut butter jar isn’t usually fun, but it is if you put it outside and watch what squirrels do with it. The smell drives them crazy, and exterminators use […]
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