Vines N’ Roses

May 24, 2014

In some vineyards, you may see rose bushes at the end of the vine rows. The historical reason for this …

Rain Now, Drought Later?

May 13, 2014

It is suppose to rain here all week. The “normal” rainy months around Lake Balaton are April, July and November. …

May 6, 2014

Two weeks ago I noticed something a bit different on our front porch. A bird’s nest. And today they hatched. …

April 7, 2014

On the equality of man, Thomas Hobbes wrote is his treatise Leviathan: Nature hath made men so equal in the …

April 6, 2014

The title says it all. Just photos of apple blossoms this week. And they also smell wonderful. Enjoy.

April 1, 2014

This is the first year that I have seen all our different fruit trees blooming at the same time on …

March 20, 2014

Today is the Vernal Equinox — the first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Last year, our cherry trees …

March 6, 2014

I am not really a Luddite. Having created or been a major investor in more than one IT company I …