Kirk M on November 14th, 2007

Required reading: Tags and Categories-Tagged Again! Part I
Many thanks to Grandad. This absolutely horrendous, disjointed post is all his fault but he’ll probably blame it on K8.
And here we go….
I seem to be getting older these days. Not only am I getting older but it seems to be becoming a habit, a perpetual thing if [...] Read more »

Continue reading about Tags and Categories-Tagged Again! Part II

Kirk M on September 18th, 2007

Welcome to my annual complaining about the coming cold…
I’m experiencing a very bad case of seasonal denial (I looked all over for a definition but couldn’t find one. They must be in denial also). I’m absolutely against the change of seasons this year and all the rotten, lousy, freezing my skinny butt off cold that [...] Read more »

Continue reading about In Seasonal Denial

Kirk M on September 3rd, 2007

There’s a stand of flowering plants in the backyard surrounding an ancient Lilac tree that begin to grow in the late Spring and spend the rest of the summer growing to the height of 5 feet or more before bursting out with a single, bright yellow flower at the top of each stalk. A [...] Read more »

Continue reading about Looking at Summers End

Kirk M on June 22nd, 2007

Happy Summer everyone! This may sound a bit late to some of you who have been enjoying warm temps for awhile now but for those of us living in the more northern latitudes, Summer is always an event that’s greatly anticipated. The fact that it’s raining and in the 60’s for the next few days [...] Read more »

Continue reading about Summer Arrives!

Kirk M on May 13th, 2007

One sure sign the that Summer is on it’s way is when I first notice the Cuckoo clock is slowing down. At first just a couple minutes slow, then 5 minutes, then as much as 10 as the hot and humid begins to arrive. Why does this happen you might ask? Easy when you think [...] Read more »

Continue reading about The Cuckoo Clock is Slow–Summer Must be Coming

Kirk M on February 26th, 2007

We have a ROBIN!
Yes folks, it looks like I was right. Laurie walked out of her shop this morning to put out the flag and the open sign and what do you think she heard? A robin singing that’s what! And not just audio verification folks but shortly there after she had visual verification as [...] Read more »

Continue reading about It’s Spring-I Just Know It: Update

Kirk M on February 25th, 2007

It’s Spring I just know it, despite all evidence to the contrary. Somewhere under all that snow and the giant mound of it in the front yard (contributed to by our neighbor, us, the roof and the sidewalk plow), and the currently cold temperatures, Spring is already here at the end of February, 10 miles [...] Read more »

Continue reading about It’s Spring-I just know it.