THROUGH MY WINDOWS

Hi there dear friends! It's May, almost June, and we are just so green and pretty here. So different from when I was in Maine a week or so ago. Not much green there then.  Maybe now though. We have had lots of rain lately. Warm temps, then humid temps, then cool temps. Despite all this everything is thriving here at Deer Run. Speaking of Deer, we have a doe and her baby, just born by the looks, no spots yet. I have been trying to capture them on camera but our big dog barks, even when left in the house and they go running. One of these days I will have the element of surprise on my side with the dog closed in the house with the blinds drawn so she can't see what I am up to. In the meantime, look what is so refreshingly lovely to look at around here.... My peonies are just getting ready to open. I so love this color and must try and find some yarn to match for a future hooky project. The white flowers are from a tree in back of our garage and I have no i...

I SO APPRECIATE YOU! Hello my friends! It's month 3 since I started this blog. If you were with me from the beginning you will probably remember that I was very green at blogging and had some frustrating blogger experiences that I ranted on and on about in one of my earlier posts. But I do feel that I have learned and matured through perseverance and am a much more comfortable blogger now. I do enjoy sharing with you and hope that you will consider becoming a follower by tapping the g+ button on the right of my blog, just under my name. I am so thrilled that even though I am obscure I have had over 600 visitors so far! Thank you, kind readers! I hope that you keep on visiting.  View from Caterpillar Hill of the bridge that goes from the mainland to Little Deer Isle. The backside of Little Deer Isle with the ocean around it and the hills of Camden, ME in the background. As you can see, not much green yet except for the evergreens. As I mentioned in an earlie...

It has been absolutely ghastly here this week. Pouring down torrential rains for 48 hours straight. Flooding damage all around us from the rivers and streams crisscrossing the area in and around the Saucon Valley here in the eastern part of PA.  Mother nature didn't give us all she had though because there was no wind. I was so afraid that we would have more uprooted trees to add to the collective damage from previous wind and rain onslaughts.  We're making progress in cleaning up the damage from those storms  but it's slow going for Roger working on his own and only when he is in the mood, (wink wink).      First of all, a few pics to show you the sky according to Roger as he walked the dog just as the storm was approaching a couple of days ago. I DO like his sky photos. I think I have mentioned before that he takes only sky photos exclusively! Possibly he is hoping to record a UFO one of these evenings when he and Mysti are out walking but...

Here I thought it might give my readers pleasure to see some of the pictures that I take while I am out and about with my camera. So I have come up with an idea. I will occasionally post just pictures that I have taken here, there, and everywhere.  This is Maisie. She came to our dining room French doors, settled herself down so she could look in and watched what was going on in the house until the dogs saw her and went wild.  My daughter, Judi's dog that I babysat so they could go on vacation. She moved a bit so this picture is blurred but what a face! Her name is "Sweetheart" and she sure is one!   Mysti is Roger's sweetheart. I gave her to him for a wedding present when we were married 9 years ago.     There       This wall hanging resides in my daughter's house and was inspired by these:                     These flowers...

It is getting greener in our neck of the woods, especially after all the rain we've had lately. Easter Day was just gorgeous and warm. In fact, a little too warm for Bunny to hide his eggs outside so he hid them inside instead. This was very unacceptable to our 10 year old grandson and he refused to go on a hunt in the house for the colorful eggs with chocolate goodies in them. And maybe some money! So, his 6 year old brother happily and excitedly collected most of the eggs and refused to share his spoils with his brother. Oh, Joy. NOT. We have made a trip to the nursery in our little town to get our first "fix" on colors, smells, ideas and prices. We used to get really carried away with filling pots and hanging baskets with the most beautiful displays of magnificence! I LOVE  flowers and would love to have them everywhere. Some years ago now we enjoyed  inviting friends and family for picnics, out of town friends for visits all. summer. long. But just...

A very bleak Tuesday Today began as a rainy, windy day. Not muc h going on. A trip to the pharmacy and a detour to MacDonald's drive thru. Exciting.  Not cold, temps in the 60's-80's for the past week.  As the day unfolded it rained down harder but the wind diminished. The temps dropped down into the 50's and kept dropping. Tonight Roger felt the need of a fire in the fireplace again.  Crazy or what!   I just let the dogs out before we headed up to bed and it is snowing hard at the moment. It was 82 degrees 2 days ago! Good thing I didn't buy those bedding plants yesterday. A BIT OF A RAMBLE    If you're a return reader of this humble little blog of mine you will have pretty much figured out that I love the ocean. The rougher the better. I also like being on it. But not in it. Too cold.   I had always planned on returning to the Island when I retired. Alas, that was not to be. I do think that I would miss living here. ...