The above photos are my submissions for Cee’s FOTD Challenge for June 29th.
Month: June 2021
Medical Practice: The Art & Science
Let me just put this out there right away, if are a lay person or even a former health care professional such as myself, you do not have the same knowledge that physicians’ have. No matter how much you read, how well you comprehend, how many expert websites you check, people you talk to, or…
Slice of Life Tuesday: Talking Caterpillars with “My People”
I’ve yet to see a monarch caterpillar this year. I have three types of milkweed in my yard and an outdoor enclosure waiting to raise a few monarchs. Inside the enclosure are butterfly weed and asclepias incarnata – rose milkweed, but the caterpillars are missing. It’s the end of June and I’ve only seen three…
Personal Prairie Patch
A few years ago we let a bordered garden bed in which we used to grow pumpkins and other vegetables go unplanted. I was learning about native plants and the importance of prairies, so I had an idea to let this garden be a mini-prairie patch in our yard. The space is 36 feet by…
Silent Sunday: Letchworth State Park, A.K.A.Grand Canyon of the East
On Sundays I publish my own photographs on a theme of my choosing. All are copyrighted by me and there is no permission to duplicate in any fashion. Thanks!
Poetry Friday: Group Work & Student Poems
Some of you know that I’ve had a student writer’s circle in the past. For six years, I ran an enrichment group for third grade students, handpicked by their teachers, to belong to a writer’s circle with me once a week during the school year. It’s been at least four years since I had such…
Both Yards: Fifteen Minutes A Day
Our yard is starting to look beautiful, as it does mid-summer. We’ve been fortunate to have owned three properties in Wisconsin, all with good sized yards. One of these is our cabin, “up north” that sits on a lake. Most of that 2 acre lot is wooded. We’ve never lived there as a primary residence,…
Plastics & the Environment: We have to do better, Wisconsin!
One of our first stops in New York State last week was the Wegmans grocery store in Brockport. I grew up with this now well known grocery store chain and came to love it. Wegmans has a reputation for excellence – in how they treat their employees to how their stores are run and what…
True Conservationists Take Action as well as Learn and Educate (It’s Pollinator Week – Do Something!)
This is pollinator week. July 21st – July 27th, 2021, has been designated as a week to celebrate, learn about, and act to help our pollinators. My hope is that by sharing some information about pollinator week, more people will see the need to take action in the field of conservation. When I was in…
Monday Foodie: Beef on Weck
It’s been almost four years since I’ve written about one of my favorite sandwiches, but since I ate two of them this week at two different restaurants, I thought it was time I wrote about it again. The sandwich is popular in Western New York and It’s called Beef on Weck. This hearty, meat forward…