Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: V

Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable V is for Vegetation Even though I’ve been retired over 20 years, I still appreciate my lazy mornings. There are two brief time periods between the frost of winter and heat of summer when I can sit outside on the screened porch, my feet up on an…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: V

My Fear of Trees

Today we had a fir tree cut down in the back of our house. Although it had grown so large that it would ultimately prevent us from opening the door to our screened-in porch, I felt guilty requesting that it be removed.  I grew up in the city with few trees: one scrawny tree in…… Continue reading My Fear of Trees