Posted by mrssmythe on May 24, 2020 in
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It’s hard to feel isolated when you’re surrounded by animals. That’s one of the things that has helped our family during these past weeks of self-isolation. The pets keep us firmly set in our routines. They provide us with companionship. They entertain us. I’m beginning to view them less as dependents and more as contributors […]
Tags: apple blossoms, backyard chickens, backyard pond, backyard poultry, backyard turkey, baking, British Shorthair cat, dog grooming, garden, green frog, honeybees, macrons, Mr. Wa, toads
Things continue to wake up in the yard and in the neighborhood. These days, the corn we put out for the chickens draws a wide range of visitors – from chipmunks and birds to squirrels and, most recently, a rabbit. Meanwhile, the azalea in the front yard – one of the few things blooming – […]
Tags: azalea, backyard chickens, backyard flock, backyard turkey, blue slate turkey, bumblebees, cats, Mr. Wa, quilting, rabbits, sewing, Shadow, super moon 2020, turkey, Violets, wasps, wild turkey
Posted by mrssmythe on November 1, 2019 in
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October greetings to everyone! Isn’t this a fun picture of the girls? We stopped in at Yankee Candle in Deerfield last week and couldn’t resist a shot in front of these pumpkins. Yankee Candle always does a great job with their fall decorating. I haven’t written in a while – I hope to remedy that […]
Tags: acorns, beach, bumblebees, crafty intentions, crochet, crochet snowmen, hammonasset state park, hampton ponds state park, hippocampus, monarchs, ocean, pumpkins, quilting, straw flowers, Yankee Candle
Posted by mrssmythe on September 26, 2019 in
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Summer is gone, and now we are within the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” (as Keats would say). I think he sums it up rather nicely, don’t you? That is exactly how things have been around here of late – misty mornings and mellow fruitfulness. Enough fruit, in fact, to make a couple of […]
Tags: apple trees, apples, backyard chickens, backyard orchard, bees, Blanket Scarf, Blarf, bumblebees, chickens, honeybees, jewelweed, lettuce, monarchs, pollinator garden, pumpkins, Stashbuster blarf, tiny mitten
Posted by mrssmythe on July 31, 2019 in
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Insects,
Pollinators |
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One of my favorite garden plants this season has been the Bachelor’s Buttons – aka Cornflowers. I used to read novels (usually romance novels) in which characters were described as having “cornflower blue eyes”. I never knew what that meant until I started gardening and put two and two together. Now, looking at the gorgeous […]
Tags: ants, Bachelor's Buttons, butterflies, Cornflowers, Goldfinches, silver-spotted skipper, Syrphid Flies
