Author Archives: kathymiele28

My husband Steven and I were out for a ride, down by the shore, when we passed a house whose yard was a mess. I pointed to all the kids toys strewn all over the front lawn. The grass had to have been at least a foot tall. “Okay, I get having kids is aContinue reading “NO MOW MAY”

My son Alex and I were taking a walk in the woods when I noticed a yellow flower sticking up through some tall grass. I reached for my phone wanting to use my plant identifying app. Alex saw me bending down getting ready to take the picture when he said. “That’s a yellow rocket.” IContinue reading “STUDENT BECOMES TEACHER”

We had just finished a day of rain and I was standing on the deck breathing in the smell of wet earth when my husband Steven came out and stood next to me. “It’s really starting to get green out there.” I said as I looked out to our small woods. “The sassafras trees alwaysContinue reading “GETTING GREEN”

My son Alex and I were headed home after running some errands. We were driving down a four lane road when I spotted the dusty purple flowers of wisteria, its vines covering several trees along the roadway. “It’s wisteria season!” I cried pointing to the flowers that always reminded me of grape clusters. “Remember theContinue reading “WISTERIA WONDER”

“Oh, come on!” Sugar water was dripping through my fingers and into the sink. “How hard can this be!”My son Alex came into the kitchen. “What’s wrong?”I was struggling to fill the new hummingbird feeder I’d just gotten. My reading glasses were slipping off my nose as I used my forearm to push them backContinue reading “EAGLE EYE MIELE”

I was looking over at my Golden Pathos, it’s long tendrils hanging below the pedestal table it had been placed on. “Hum…” I looked over at my son Alex, who was sitting at the dining room table eating a sandwich. “I think this plant might need a haircut.” Alex looked over at the plant. “Well,Continue reading “HAIRCUT”

“What do you think?” I placed the bee house on the side table next to the glider. My son Alex and I were on the back porch getting ready for another season of porch sitting. “Isn’t that a bee house?” Alex asked. “Yup.” I had to smile as I adjusted it on the table. “It’sContinue reading “WORK OF ART”

I was sitting in the living room spinning a gold scarab bracelet around my wrist when my husband Steven came into the room. “What are you up to?” I held my wrist out. “Do you remember this?” Steven came over to look at the bracelet of carved scarab beetles in different colored stones around myContinue reading “GIVING PROTECTION”

It had been a dreary, rainy day and I was puttering around the house getting chores done. As I was passing my dining room window I noticed the western sky had turned much darker. “Oh boy! I think a storms coming!” I called. My husband Steven came into the room. “I was just coming toContinue reading “AFTER THE STORM”

“I did it!” I called as I walked in the door carrying several bags of groceries. Alex took the bags from my hands and went into the kitchen with them. “I can see that.” He put the bags on the countertop. “Thanks for doing the grocery shopping.” “Oh, you’re welcome but I wasn’t talking aboutContinue reading “RECYCLE MAGIC”