When I moved from San Ramon, I brought many plants in pots, houseplants, and outside plants. When you move to a new location, it takes time to find the best lighting location for each plant, and it took extra time because I was trying to unpack and put things away in the new house. Then …
Living next door to a large Almond orchard, we have a lot of tiny visitors in early spring each year. The almond trees require the assistance of bees for cross-pollination. The farmer usually contracts with pollination services to bring extra bee colonies. These bees, as I understand it, are typically Honey Bees. But Google states …
It is Christmas. A time of religious significance, family traditions, hope, and joy. The happiest time of the year. As the Christmas season began rolling in, I was very aware of how much has changed for everyone in the past two years. So naturally, I felt sadness, and I longed to experience our Christmas traditions …
When I moved from San Ramon to Tracy, I brought all of my house plants with me. Then after four months in the new house, a central House Fire Sprinkler line exploded. The force of the water damaged 75% of the house. My plants, even those that survived the initial explosion, suffered during the rebuild. …
Recently there was a massive wind storm in our area, and it was not pleasant if not almost impossible to be outside. So I thought about different projects that I could do in the house. My thoughts turned to food because after a year of isolation due to COVID-19 and my growing confidence that I …
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I’ve posted several photos of meals I’ve prepared lately, and I’d like to give a shout-out of approval and appreciation to HelloFresh. HelloFresh is a complete meal delivery program that my son, Anthony, who enjoys cooking, introduced me to last October. He sent a gift sample box to me, and I liked it. HelloFresh seemed …
The California Fires are difficult for me to write about; I started writing about this topic during the Caldor Fire this year. Since then, I have started over several times because I did not feel that I was not doing the subject justice. At this time, it would be better if I cited knowledgeable authorities …
As I’ve mentioned numerous times, my effort planting seeds was a fiasco, and all the containers that I have repotted with established plants are doing very well! But I am not done yet. Recently I began wanting to try my hand at terrariums—another new experience. So I talked to Garden Center experts and watched YouTube …
I tried several new projects during the Covid-19 isolation, and most did not end well. The cute doggie puzzle ultimately had to be completed by my son and granddaughter, and they did a fabulous job! I had to share the finished puzzle. Learning to crochet is on hold because I realize that I need more …
Initially, I thought the book club I was joining was Steph Curry’s personal book club; that was not the case. The actual online book club is Literati, and Steph Curry is one of the book club’s “inspiring people” who recommend books. The first four books recommend by Steph Curry were true stories, and the last …
