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Today while taking the shade cloth off of my greenhouse, I discovered an egg mass from the native praying mantis. Like the mantis itself, the egg mass is similar to the invasive mantis, but just different enough to make you look twice. I’m tickled to see at least one female got to reproduce around h...

Call Fedex. They delivered to the wrong house, there’s proof, it is their problem to resolve.

Not sure if I was completely clear: these folks are not a group entity, they're just a bunch of individuals who email each other (often every day) and talk trash about everything under the sun. I was asking if there were objections for me to email that group and let its members know about this site ...

Paul, and anyone else reading this: I’m in an email group that might fit here pretty well, so I am thinking of inviting them to look and join. Before I do, I want to describe them because they’re a diverse group of strong-willed, opinionated, free thinkers and I don’t want to open a Pandora’s box wi...

I'm alive.

You alive?

I see over 200 views on some posts, with almost no comments. Admit it, it's just you opening up the posts just so the numbers go up!

Cleaning out Mom and Dad’s house, I have found a bottle of wine left from Mrs Bkeepr and my wedding…over 44 years ago, now. Guess we were supposed to drink it on some Anniversary, but moving around with the Army we never did and it just got forgotten. Mrs thinks maybe we should save it and share it ...

Two or three days ago, my wife and I saw a very unusual praying mantis on our deck. It was small, and gray, mottled with white and black, and very pretty. Well, wife did some research, and it turns out that THAT is the real native praying mantis, and the big green ones that I grew up with are an inv...

I saw the interesting article below this morning, which talks about increasing soil warmth and carbon dioxide in the air stimulating poison ivy growth in particular. I find it particularly interesting because my family and I had already been noticing and commenting on an increase in poison ivy in ou...

I beg to differ with you, Paul. If the years have been less than kind, it doesn't show in the photos. I see strength, love, and happiness in both, and I love the "character" evident in the newer picture. Sorry I didn't comment sooner, but I was waiting on anybody else to say something: pro...

Getting rid of my Mom's estate is quite a learning experience. She had some beautiful furniture, china, and stuff, meticulously cared for and in wonderful shape. Nobody wants it-- difference in generations and style, I guess. With a lot of time and effort, I could sell it to various local antique st...