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“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”

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”