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Sunday Stills: It’s a #Bug’s Life
Terri Webster Schrandt continues to hatch some broad-based challenges. This week’s Sunday Stills photo challenge is centering around Bugs! I expected to see some honey bees on our Zinnias, but mostly all I found was bumble bees. I’ve been tracking … Continue reading
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Tagged Fall leaves, Fall Mums, Gardening, photography, pumpkins, Sunday Stills, weekly photography challenge
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Sunday Stills: Signs of #Autumn
Terri Webster Schrandt continues to hatch some broad-based challenges. This week’s Sunday Stills photo challenge is all about capturing the photos that make us think of Fall. You never see a scarecrow like this in the Summer, so it must … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged Fall leaves, Fall Mums, Gardening, photography, pumpkins, Sunday Stills, weekly photography challenge
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Three Things Thursday – July 27, 2017
Here is another Three Things Thursday where it is your goal to share three happy things you experienced in the seven days past. There is a new host for this weekly collection of happy, Natalie @ There She Goes just picked … Continue reading
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Tagged books, children, christmas gifts, Gardening, mission trip, missions, Three Things Tuhursday
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Three Things Thursday – July 20, 2017
My fourth run in Three Things Thursday where it is your goal to share three happy things you experienced in the seven days past. There is a new host for this weekly collection of happy, Natalie @ There She Goes … Continue reading
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Tagged books, children, christmas gifts, Gardening, mission trip, missions, Three Things Tuhursday
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Three Things Thursday
My second turn with Three Things Thursday where it is your goal to share three happy things you experienced in the seven days past. There is a new host for this weekly collection of happy, Natalie @ There She Goes … Continue reading
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Tagged Gardening, graduation, kindness challenge, Three Things Tuhursday
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1000th Post – Writing is contagious!
Today I celebrate an important milestone for me as a blogger on WordPress. For the 1,000th time I will craft a post about a subject, edit for accuracy, add some pictures and send it off into the World Wide Web … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Writing
Tagged blogging, blogging milestones, faith, fiction. writing, Gardening, Model Railroading
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Joe’s Musings 3.0
Two Years. 730 odd days. Plenty of ups and downs in the markets and my own life. Nothing too horrible, just days or weeks that didn’t live up to expectations. In other words “life happened”. We all experience it, but … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Evangelism, Faith, Fiction, flowers, gardening, Motion Picture, Movies, Religion, Television, Writing
Tagged faith, Gardening, movies, tv
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Fresh
For the Weekly Photo Challenge we have a choice of two definitions applying to our challenge word which is Fresh. The definition for fresh has a bit of a fork in it – it’s a state (new, recent, previously unknown) and … Continue reading
Critter Control
If you are a gardener you have a list of enemies that rival even the greatest super hero. For BatMan it is the Joker, Penguin, King Tut, The Riddler, Bane and Cat Woman. Each of these nefarious thugs want to … Continue reading
Posted in flowers, gardening, vegetable gardening
Tagged critters, Garden, Gardening, green beans, Groundhog, growing green beans, Rabbit, rifle, rodents, shotgun
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Benefits of trimming your tomato plants
Can I trim my huge tomato plant while there is still unripened fruit? The answer to this question is one I think all gardeners may ask as they get use to growing tomato plants. Yes, you can trim your tomato … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, greenhouse
Tagged Garden, Gardening, Pruning, pruning tomatoes, Tomato, tomato plant care, tomatoes, Vegetable
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Weekly Photo Challenge – A Day In My Life
After the brush was cleared . What does your day look like? Here’s your chance to share with everyone a day in your life! Here are some suggestions to get started: snap a picture once an hour and share what … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Photo Challenge, Writing
Tagged A Day in the Life, Farmers' market, Gardening, photography, potatoes, vegetables, weekly photo challenge
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Daily Prompt – Show and Tell
You’ve been asked to do a five-minute presentation to a group of young schoolchildren on the topic of your choice. Describe your presentation. I love growing flowers and plants. The whole process of either starting something beautiful from a seed … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Blogging Challenge, children, Daily Prompt, flowers, gardening, greenhouse
Tagged children, daily post, Daily prompt, farming, flowers, Gardening, greenhouse, Science, teaching, writing
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Teaching Kids About Growing Plants
Back when I had a greenhouse business, from 2002-2007, I had some opportunities to host field trips from my children’s school classes. This was a wonderful way to get the young kids interested in how things work. Unfortunately these days … Continue reading
Posted in children, gardening, greenhouse, Writing
Tagged childre, field trip, flowers, Gardening, greenhouse, greenhouse business, growing plants, teaching children, vegetables
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A Butterfly Against Fading Fall Mum
My kids identified this fellow taking a break from flying on the mature blooms of a fall mum near our house.
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