As some of my faithful readers know, I’ve been going through my house and purging in order to put our house on the market later this spring and move. This month I decided to attack my home office and my beading area, as well as continue to weed out our storage area downstairs. I have…
American Experience
The Simple Truth: I’m Not Good at Transitions
Last night, for the first night in a while, I had trouble falling asleep. I do have insomnia, but usually, I can get to sleep and end up waking around 2 am for an hour or two if I am having an episode of the infliction I sarcastically call an unwanted visitor. Last night was…
Silent Sunday: Monarchs on My Mind
Today is Silent Sunday. It is the one day of the week I only post my own photos (no text) on a theme of my own choosing. There is no permission to duplicate in any form without my express permission. Thank you!
Are you a Jigsaw Puzzle Person? Warning: This is an Interactive Post! Thanks!
Inquiring minds want to know, are you a puzzle person? Recently, puzzles have made a re-entry into our life. Although our family always enjoyed puzzles, we had gotten away from doing them. Now, our interest has been sparked once again! We just completed a 1,000 piece puzzle last night and I already have a new…
Cardinal Story
We are fortunate to live in an area with many species of birds. There are majestic raptors like the hawks, eagles, and owls we regularly see gliding over the prairies and dry creek beds with an eye out for a rodent meal. Then, there are the songbirds. Over the years I’ve started to love the…
I Forgot How Nice it Feels
I’ve forgotten how nice it is to talk to someone (anyone, really) about my conservation work for monarch butterflies. This morning I got to do just that for half an hour! I cannot tell you much yet, but I was interviewed for an upcoming article by a conservation organization. This was something that just came…
Slice of Life: Witnessing Pre-school Fits
While going to the post office this morning, I witnessed something I wish I hadn’t. There is a childcare and pre-school across the street from our post office. It was 11:15 a.m. when I came up the street and saw the school bus stop in front of the preschool. Since it is not very nice…
Silent Sunday: Color!
Today is Silent Sunday. This is a day when I post only my own photos on a theme of my choosing. All photos are copyrighted by me, Carol Labuzzetta. There is no permission to duplicate in any form without my express permission.
Poetry Friday: Poems of Time and Place
This morning I went out to meet a past co-worker for coffee and I heard birds singing! Not just any birds…spring birds! I am pretty sure what I heard were robins! Immediately, I started thinking how the return of songbirds might be a better indicator of spring than trusting groundhogs! From these sounds and thoughts,…
Days of the Week: Thursday and Friday
Due to writers and authors from all over the world participating in Poetry Friday, which you can read about here, with the host’s link often going live on Thursday afternoon or evening. I am NEVER ready for this. Never! I usually do not think of myself as a literal person but in this case, I…








