A Wine Barrel Bird House

March 22, 2016

I stained and painted some old wine barrels for decorative garden elements around our house. This year a chickadee (also …

Downy Mildew, Texas Chili, and Wood Piles. A Year in Review.

January 3, 2016

I esentially minored in Statistics while in Graduate School. So it is natural for me to pour over the yearly …

December 22, 2015

Earlier this morning was the Winter Solstice in Europe. One of those natural events I like to track and personally …

December 4, 2015

According to the local village scuttlebutt/gossip, I do everything wrong. For example, how dare I leave leaves lying on the …

November 18, 2015

We have had quite a warm Indian Summer here in November. Daytime temperatures have been as warm as 25°C (77°F) …

October 8, 2015

I do not like fences between neighbors. Or walls. They represent a breakdown of communication. A breakdown of détente. Of …

July 20, 2015

Summer is the time to cook outdoors. And that of course means cooking over a fire. And the tripod and …

June 28, 2015

June is a good month. Our cherry and mulberry trees ripen with fresh fruit for the picking, the vegetable garden …