Despite the generally cold and wet spring we’ve had, the milkweed has popped up in my gardens. The common milkweed is already about six inches tall and my rose milkweed has germinated even though it is still tiny. An unknowing eye would think it was a weed. I know better and didn’t pull it out….
seasons
Graduation: It’s That Time of Year
May has always been a hard month for me. This year is no different. I think it’s because it is a time of transitions, endings, and beginnings, with old routines and comfortable schedules ending, and new patterns emerging – some of them far from home. Anticipation of the “next step” can be felt as early…
Slice of Life Tuesday: A Poetry Reading and More
If you read my blog regularly, you know my husband and I are moving – a month from today! Yikes! We’ve come a long way cleaning out but still have more to go. Gone from the house are large pieces of furniture. My husband sold his Toro, Zero Turn Mower, yesterday. My china hutch sold…
Silent Sunday: Riverside Park and International Friendship Gardens, La Crosse Wisconsin
Today is Silent Sunday. Once a week, on this day I post my own photos on a theme of my choosing. All photos and text on this blog are copyrighted by Carol Labuzzetta (me) unless noted otherwise. There is no permission to duplicate in any form. Thank you!
Owned Treasures, Recently Found
Today is Slice of Life Tuesday! Thanks go to TwoWritingTeachers.org for creating this group and hosting it each week. I have participated in this supportive writing community since February of 2017. As we continue to clean out to ready ourselves for our move next month, I am finding enjoyment in reminiscing about things I’ve found…
Poetry Friday: Crazy Weather and Water Wars
In the upper mid-west, we’ve gone from late winter to summer in one jump! I don’t know what happened to the spring season. Since we are moving, I only bought a small number of plants from my “personal greenhouse grower.” The plants looked great as usual and I put them in pots last Saturday. Then,…
Pick Up Sticks
In a few short weeks, we will own two properties in Wisconsin both fully wooded, except for the spot where are cabin is and our future residence will be placed which is a remnant prairie. Owning a wooded property is beautiful! You are amidst the seasons as they unfold before your eyes. We are lucky…
Spring Ephemerals
This week brought some nice changes in our weather. It began to look and feel like spring! The grass has really greened up and one variety of my daffodils has opened. The tulips are ready to bloom in our back bed facing east but still tightly closed in our gardens near the road. So far…
Wildlife Wednesday: Domestication of Wild Birds?
Today, we ran a lot of errands. My husband was having new tires put on his truck. I went out to lunch with a friend. And, when I was done he had me come and pick him up at the location the tire application was being done. While there, at Farm and Fleet in La…
Slice of Life: Lots of Stuff
Warning: this post is a mishmash of things. Being super busy packing up our house for our move, some things have been left to slide. In that vein, I apologize for being late with comments/return comments and other communications. I will get to them, I promise! Metaphor Dice Contest – I did submit four poems…