Recent content by MarkD

No need for the gummies, I love beets. Steamed or baked all by themselves works for me or pickled. But, like @MountainRa they are a favorite item in salads for me too.

The smell of a fresh mowed lawn always takes me back to the days before I started school, laying in it looking up at the clouds.

I'll bet that increased sales!

Progress report on the garden one week into February, a month I think of as marking early spring for us. Temperatures had been colder than usual though not often freezing but most afternoons are mid to high 60's now. In the side garden the stars are the Giant Fennel, Cattail Aloe and Solandra...

I do too. I've been calling it her "botanical series" but she hasn't exactly run with it. Nonetheless I'm happy with subject matter.

Post punk, alternative and many other micro genres are welcome here and everyone of them will be considered oldies eventually. Share some you like. Here are some I am fond of: Jolene Holland: Dean & Britta: M Ward:

The original may have been posted but if so I missed it.. Anyway I prefer this jazz version of Rebel Rouser.

What .. "eeffoc" ?!

I had the same question and I have such a weak sense of smell I will always be the last to know.

My body feels old as dirt but in my mind I’m getting younger even if also forgetful sometimes.

For anyone interested to know more about our friend Kay here is a nice little video about her life, work and teaching. I've met or heard of most of the other artists that speak but the second one, Carole Beadle is the one we're closest too as she is in the women's walking group who have met for...

On another thread I recently shared my upcoming project which is to get my favorite rose, Royal Sunset, back in the ground. I had to remove it to demo the old rotting deck and to reenforce the part of the deck under the gazebo which Lia wouldn't let me toss. Here is as much as I will do with...

I reco Recognize the deeper truth but also appreciated humorous angle.

Thanks to the calculator I know I’ve a little less than 200 weeks to go, not accounting for natural variation. When I taught school I used a planner a lot and going into breaks I’d map out time off just as carefully allotting for trips and projects. It is good to treat time as a limited...

Yesterday we walked on the beach in San Francisco with the temperature in the high 60’s but it felt warmer. Sunny, clear and very little wind. Will have to wait to see what today brings.