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Criseyda Koonce
Apr 04
|17:54
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak."
-Ecclesiastes III
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak."
-Ecclesiastes III
It's spring. A time of new beginnings. Nature continues to demonstrate its changeability and seasons.
Our dogs were very interested in something on the other side (fortunately) of the fence. Wagging their tails with excitement, heads stuck through the rectangular holes in the fence wire. At times they were even putting their paws through the fence trying to reach the article of interest. They weren't sure that my arrival on the scene was a good thing. Was I going to help them, or stop them? It turned out to be the later.
There was a very young cottontail rabbit under the bushes in our shade garden. His mamma had parked him there and he wasn't movin'. His eyes were open watching all the goings on, but he was hidding as baby rabbits are supposed to hide. The pups were relocated. A few pictures were quietly taken, with as little disruption as possible, and baby bunny was left in place. Just think of the story he will have to share with mom when she returns.
Pictured: baby rabbit, peach flower, peach buds, bee on plum flower and red oak blooms.
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Criseyda Koonce
Mar 15
|21:43
"Ask a toad what is beauty? ... a female with two great round eyes coming out of her little head, a large flat mouth, a yellow belly and a brown back."
- Voltaire
- Voltaire
His day started off like any other late winter hibernation day. Snuggled down into the nice calm dirt - napping without interruption. Maybe the occasional rumble from neaby mammal feet, but nothing of concern. That all changed later that day. The plum tree under which Mr. Toad was asleep, had died. No cause for alarm, that is unless "someone" decides this is a good day to chop down the tree and remove its stump from the ground. (Just so you know, it wasn't me. It was the gentleman of the house.)
The stump was removed, the larger wood was cut for fire, and the smaller limbs burned. Reached over to pick up the last log to stack when the dirt we had put in the hole where the stump once was - moved. He closed his eyes and wiggled backwards down into the dirt. He didn't look happy. So to celebrate, he got to have his picture taken. The dogs sniffed him. That didn't help. I hope he managed to find a cozy spot to continue resting until HE thinks it's time to come out for spring.
Criseyda Koonce
Mar 01
|23:37
"The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help that would never otherwise have occurred. A stream of events issues from the decision, raising unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way."
- W. H. Murray
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The snow was beautiful, though I'm happy spring is on the way. The winds have started and the robins have come.
Criseyda Koonce
Feb 11
|23:29
"Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind."
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Those of us in the Dallas/Fort Worth area received a healthy dose of snow today. All day. The meteorologists say its been 3 decades since we have had this much snow. One of our neighbor's pond is a great indicator of the amount of of precipitation we've been getting. Yep, that's the dock, surrounded by water. Just think what it will look like when all that snow melts. Oh my.
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- CrisKoonce: Wow. We got 4.5 inches of rain yesterday. No need to water the garden this morning.
- CrisKoonce: Making my 1st scratch carrot cake with cream cheese icing. Hope it is edible. I'll let Bill have the first piece. :)
- CrisKoonce: Evenings don't get much better than tonight. Calm cool night. Candle light dinner on the deck. Nice fire in the chiminea and good company.
- CrisKoonce: This is the first time our zucchini plant has seen rain. The rain must have scared it, 'cause it fell over.
- CrisKoonce: The power is out. Five electric trucks have gone by so far. My oh my.
