June 1st, this post and this morning… That’s all I have to say today… Love, Michele
What We Do With (Old) Pumpkins
Get this, we bury them, strategically, around the yard and woods… We really do! We have put them into the compost before but they take a long time to break down and we’ve been known to end up with crazy pumpkin plants coming up everywhere. So, we prefer to make a sport of choosing some goodContinue reading “What We Do With (Old) Pumpkins”
Beans, Beans, Beans
A week or so ago as I was cleaning up I encountered my usual fall “crop” of dried bean pods. Every year some are just left out there and I always consider them to be one of my gifts of procrastination. They can be hulled and brought in. It’s kind of a fun activity andContinue reading “Beans, Beans, Beans”
Stuck
I’ve been feeling kind of stuck for the past several days. There’s so much going on in the world and in my world right now that I just don’t know what to say. It feels wrong to write about things like drying out beans or next years pumpkin crop or the fun that we haveContinue reading “Stuck”
The Day After Sandy, the Day Before Halloween..
Today feels like such a weird day. The storm has mostly moved west of here so we are in cleanup mode in Salem. That’s good, because tomorrow is Halloween, our most celebrated day of the year. We made it through the storm in good shape. There were power outages, although not to us, our lightsContinue reading “The Day After Sandy, the Day Before Halloween..”
Halloween Saturday in Salem–A Smile for You!
Yesterday I promised that I’d post photos that would make you smile today and here they are! Salem was packed full of people having fun last night. Here’s a little bit of what we saw… Enjoy!
Watching and Waiting
The title of this post has changed a couple of times since I took these photos the other day. I started with something like “Fall Color, Now and In Years Past”… I was going to include photos of past years too, when the colors were brighter and prettier. Then I went to “The Colors BeforeContinue reading “Watching and Waiting”
Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere!
It started with these two pumpkins that we grew… then a few more were added to the landscape in the front yard…and onto the front porch… Some of those came from our Columbus Day trip to Russell Orchards.. All of our kids were with us that day, nothing else makes me happier! This sign endedContinue reading “Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere!”
An October Saturday Night in Salem
Last night we took the kids for a walk downtown with the idea that we would visit a Haunted House that Michael had tickets for. We got there and looked around the entrance. This is everyone hanging in the door making the decision about whether or not to go in. I was very clear, IContinue reading “An October Saturday Night in Salem”
Great Achievement at Salem High and 1000 Varieties of Pears in Salem!
It’s nice to wake up at 5:45am to good and interesting news in the paper. The front page story in today’s Salem News is about our high school’s AP program. The rate of students taking advanced placement classes has risen dramatically and the success rate on completion has too! Here’s today’s coverage of the Secretary ofContinue reading “Great Achievement at Salem High and 1000 Varieties of Pears in Salem!”
The Salem Garden 