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“Well, I guess I’ve got to go buy a new watering can.” I said as I held it up for my husband to see. “Why? Is it leaking?” Steven was busy deadheading the geraniums and hadn’t turned to look. “Nope. Guess again.” Steven tossed the dead flowers in a bag and looked to where IContinue reading “WATERING DILEMMA”

My husband Steven went into the living room. “I heard the doorbell.” He called as he looked out the front window to see if anyone was still on the steps. “Who was at the front door?” He came into the kitchen where I was placing several cucumbers on our butcher block. I pointed to them.Continue reading “MY KIND OF GARDENING”

I pulled up the leg of my pajama pants to revel two giant welts on the back of my calf. My husband Steven looked over at me and cringed. “What happened to you?” I had a large dollop of aloe vera cupped in the palm of my hand and began massaging it on the painfulContinue reading “HORRIBLE HORSEFLY”

“I don’t know.” I mumbled. “I kind of like it this way.” My husband Steven and I were standing on our back porch looking at my rocking chair. “Are you kidding me?” he asked. “The paint’s peeling off. It looks awful!” There was a crew of painters at our house to sand and stain ourContinue reading “SHABBY CHIC”

I was looking out my back door and noticed a hummingbird circling the two hummingbird feeders I had attached to the porch. He would dart in, but quickly back away, then move on to the other feeder doing the exact same thing before speeding off around the house. “I wonder why he didn’t take aContinue reading “UNWELCOME GUEST”

It was early on a weekday morning when I was waiting for the tea kettle to heat up when I heard a loud and repetitive noise coming from outside. Going to the dining room window I could see a chipmunk sitting by the side of our deck, its whole body straining as it made aContinue reading “CHIPMUNK CHATTER”

I walked into the house, my hair in disarray, my clothes disheveled. “Well, that was a bad idea.” I said as I tossed my purse on the chair and went to get the heating pad from the linen closet. My son Alex was coming out of his room. “What did you do?” he asked asContinue reading “MALL MASSAGE”

I was coming back inside after taking the kitchen garbage bag out to the pail. I went over to the kitchen sink to wash my hands, when I looked over at my husband Steven making his morning coffee. “You’re never going to guess what I just saw outside in our back yard!” “What?” he askedContinue reading “NO FEAR FOX”

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”