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Please indulge me as I post some random thoughts and photos. Here are two funny but very serious dogs waiting in a Mercedes in a store parking lot. I thought they looked like a married couple, about to drive away. … Continue reading →

So now we have a better idea of how monstrous the neighbor’s garage is going to be. Notice how it just about perfectly eclipses our view. It’s almost as if he had it designed to do that. Here’s a closer … Continue reading →

I’m tired of writing about bummer stuff like horrible neighbors and snow, so for a change of pace, here’s HerbDoc with an orchid success story: Although I’m nowhere near ready to enter an orchid show like DN, I was pretty … Continue reading →

Power was restored in our area on Monday evening, and we returned home yesterday (Tuesday.) I am in a constant state of annoyance and feeling snappy and stressed out. My first task was to throw out lots of expensive food … Continue reading →

Here we go again…only this time it’s a blizzard, not a hurricane. Will we get three feet of snow? Will we lose power? And if we do, what will happen to my orchids? They say the worst of it will … Continue reading →

My regular readers may recall my posts about my extremely rich and extremely obnoxious neighbor, and the wildflower meadow he planted. The photo above shows the meadow in happier times. That was then. Now, the meadow is gone, and in … Continue reading →

If you know what the bug in the above photo is, please tell me. I’ve been looking it up everywhere I can think of, and I think it might be an assassin bug (which is good!) but I’m not positive. … Continue reading →

OK, so it’s January, and it’s cold and there’s snow on the ground. Rhode Islanders just can’t seem to stop complaining about this, as if somehow it’s something that shouldn’t be happening. Many of my readers know that I spent … Continue reading →

Take a close look at the above photo. I’m sure you recognize the pink geranium, but can you tell what the other plant on the left is? It’s growing right there in the same pot, and there’s another smaller one … Continue reading →