Happy Spring Equinox
Vicki Day2021-03-23T13:46:20-07:00Spring is in the air and some folks really know how to make a show of themselves – check out the indomitable pansy and an American kestrel zooming in to grab dindin. Some folks, it seems, [...]
What the Hector Happened Here?????
Vicki Day2021-03-17T11:09:56-07:00You know we make diligent attempts to live in harmony with our wild furry critters but they recently stressed our bounds of camaraderie and harmony. Take a look at the ‘landscape’ that greeted us on Monday morning. [...]
Springtime Antics Inside and Out
Vicki Day2021-03-15T14:05:43-07:00This beautiful spring weather has everyone feeling frisky and full of themselves. Take a look in the garden and around our feeding station . . . Speaking of feeling full of [...]
Food Bank Bonanza!
Vicki Day2021-03-12T09:54:00-07:00Every week our arrival at the food bank is filled with anticipation and surprise as we never know what has made its way to us. Some items are always in short supply and eggs are nearly at the top of [...]
What an Honor
Vicki Day2021-03-09T13:16:05-07:00We recently enjoyed a long-overdue return visit from guests Mary Alice and Jim Fox, both artists. When they were here perhaps 14 years ago, Jim gifted us two extraordinary watercolors which were framed and have hung in the atrium and Chauffeur’s Quarters [...]
And Not A Moment Too Soon . . .
Vicki Day2021-02-26T15:21:54-07:00SPRING IS SPRINGING and we are reminded that our green people are starting to awaken. Of course, it also means that we need to pay attention to some clean [...]
A Food Bank First and Home Run
Vicki Day2021-02-26T12:38:01-07:00We continue to stretch our wings for and with the Food Bank volunteers and recipients. This time, Ann (who is the head honcho each week making this darned thing happen) mentioned that she had chickens and might we use them? [...]
Jelly Jelly Who’s Got The Jelly?
Vicki Day2021-02-24T16:42:51-07:00Okay, enough is enough! As if the javelinas aren’t enough of a nuisance simply by virtue of their exploded population numbers and the mess they create, now we have had to move the birds’ and little critters’ jelly feeder. Once [...]
Itching For Spring
Vicki Day2021-02-19T12:35:17-07:00We can’t remember when we have endured fallow, flowerless pots for so long so when we anticipated a little break in the weather, we were determined to get the grounds back in gear. We made a haul that took several [...]
We’re Cooking On The Front Burner Now
Vicki Day2021-02-19T12:49:17-07:00If you’re following us in The Evolving Morsel section of the site, then you know that Miss Prince has yet again been dragged not-so-kicking-and-screaming this time into our current cyberspace world by sharing the entire contents of our cookbook online. Find [...]