The city of Plymouth has been removing ash trees from park areas where I walk. I knew they were going to cut down trees because early last spring I saw brightly painted orange dots on many tree trunks in the park area where I walk. Still I held onto hope Read more…
The snow that fell last night isn’t deep but the world sure looks like winter now. I’m a little sad to see Winter’s Arrival but also grateful for the wonderful bonus mild days without snow that we had during November. This week I put up our tiny Christmas tree, put Read more…
It is astonishing to look out my windows today and see a beautiful white winter landscape today. Yesterday’s snowfall was not deep but it has once again returned us to a feeling of winter. Thankfully I believe that this time… Winter Returns for Just a Few Days The beauty of Read more…
It’s been a quiet week for us interspersed with short online or outdoor masked visits with our children and grandchildren. Though I enjoyed having A Quiet Week for the holidays. I think that winter really and truly arrived in Minnesota last week and that we will see snow covered landscapes Read more…
There’s different kind of pond life going on now on the pond behind our house. The neighborhood skating rink is back in action.Two days ago our neighbor kitty-corner across the pond cleared a large area for skating. And so the Winter Pond Life begins. This year I think we will Read more…