My amaryllis bulb opened further last night. This is year two for that flower, I'll have you know. Ha! And Jack always said I bring plants home to die. Not this time! When I went to open the blinds just now, there it was - unfolded nearly as open as it is going to get and with an extra blossom I don't remember from last…
I appreciated Jack for many reasons. not the least of which was that he could fix almost any beeping, bleeping problem that came along. You never get tired of a talent like that. He instinctively asked informed, useful questions. He'd assess the likely causes of the problem du jour, prioritize what steps to take, which tools to use, and the approach that made the most…
There's ice every where I look today, but it wasn't always that way. As a matter of fact, just yesterday I woke to palm trees and sunshine. For two weeks now, I've sought air conditioning and shorts while my neighbors back home bundled to the teeth and dug for hours in repeated deposits of deep, heavy snow. While I was floating with my niece in…