Secret Partly Revealed

Tomorrow's the big day! It involves two Wiccans, a road trip and a Cracker Barrel. What can the Universe be thinking!!??!!

Wordless Wednesday--Can You Spot the Hummer?

Hummingbird in the Honeysuckle

(definitely click on photo for a closer look)

Use creative eye: does this leaf formation look like a hummer?

Raethan Saves the Day

Followed this advice over the weekend: "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." So I did. Until my hubby puts the air conditioners back into the windows, I will not be turning that stove on.

We did barbecue though. Outside.

Raethan saves the day!! My darling daughter and her lovable husband were here for part of the weekend. She is a geek! I am not be insulting, she calls herself that. Raethan develops software and is very comfortable around technology. Unlike her adorable mother. She takes after her father (also adorable). Anyhoo, she sat down with my laptop and figured out the problem I have been having for the last month. The on-again, off-again internet connections. And it is now FIXED! Yes! A MacAfee security update selected "Net-Guard" somewhere; Raethan went in and unselected this option. And now all is well. She reads Forums to find out what others are saying about similar problems.
I should be able to post comments now. Frustrating to write out a comment, click publish and discover that one is no longer connected to the internet. That happened alot. So if you think I have not been visiting your blogs, I am sure I was there at some point, then disappeared into the foggy areas of limbo.
Thank you, Raethan for the fix!!!!

Coming up this Friday: An exciting event. Not going to say anymore for now. (tee-hee)

Enjoy your Tuesday.

Rosemary for Remembrance

Into tonight's fire, in the backyard, rosemary. It is dried and fragrant, harvested from last year's garden.  As the rosemary burns, we will remember and honor those who have gone before. The ones who gave their lives in all the wars, those wars that have come and gone and still rage today. Home of the free, because of the brave.  Memorial Day.

There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray you, love,
remember........

-William Shakespeare (Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5)

Friday and a 3-day Weekend

Off to the grocery store early this morning; it is going to be hot hot hot and who wants to be shopping on a hot afternoon? well, not me. The store is filled to the brim with all the accoutrement for Memorial Day weekend. Bar-b-Que stuff galore, watermelons, colorful paper goods, citronella candles and the ubiquitous red, white and blue floral arrangements. The so-called unofficial start to summer.

Daughter Raethan and her hubby will be arriving tonight for the weekend. I hear the sounds of board games, clinking glasses and riotous chatter already.  Maybe some help in the garden.

Have a very safe weekend, especially if you are on the road traveling.

Here's a question that I saw somewhere?  Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?  Something to discuss on the drive to the big backyard barbeque!

A Sparrow Tale

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, but that is a different tale.(*) Actually it was feeding time. (be sure to click on photos for a good look)

Here is little Junior, head protruding from the right side of this two-family home. Mouth wide open and squeakily chirping up a storm.  "FEED ME!"  Sitting on a perch in the lower right of this photo is Mama. She is studiously ignoring the plaintive mewling of her offspring.

Observing from a safe distance are two older ladies. They are not-too-discretely discussing their shock at the behavior of Mama. "I would never let my baby holler like that!" says the lady on the left. The lady on the right agrees. "Well, I never!! A terrible mother! She should be ashamed."

Ah! Who do we have here? It's Papa. Resting for just a moment, as Mama (extreme left) carries on a non-stop critique of her husband's poor work ethic. "That child has been squawking for at least 5 minutes. Where have you been? Off with Fred and Charlie? Staring at those young chicks that fledged last week? You should be ashamed of yourself. Get back to work and feed our baby!"

"Yes, dear," Papa says meekly. "Okay, Junior, open wide." Papa sighs, as his wife flies off to meet the girls for bunco.

"Chow down, kid," Papa says. "NomNomNomNom," Junior chirps. The ladies on the fence ruffle their feathers and shake their heads in unison.  "The poor man," one says.

And so ends this tale.


(*) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

Monday Medley--Merry May Monday

Happy Victoria Day to all those Canadian friends and relatives "up there". Hope you are enjoying the three-day weekend, and getting the cobwebs out of all your caravans!

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Hurray for us! First fire of the season in our backyard fire pit. It was serene and beautiful and even better, no mosquitos! We burned sage and sweetgrass, honored Hecate and star-gazed. My husband had grilled burgers for dinner and then prepared the fire. Thanks, honey!

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Sad news over the weekend. Two icons of the music world gone. Donna Summer and now, Robin Gibb. Did you dance to their music back in the day?

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Summer seems to be well on its way. What a weekend of warm temps, sunny skies and panting dogs! Keep those water bowls full.  (you notice how dogs smell funny after being outside sometimes? and by funny I mean stinky.)

On that note, bye for now!!!