Oh joy, the weeds are up

I shouldn’t get too excited about the bees and the flowers. The Black Swallow-wort is sprouting too, like little green trumpets of war. This is the first one I spotted just a couple days ago. It seemed pretty isolated, but now I’m seeing it everywhere. The annual assault of weeds is on, just as I’ve […]

Apple blossoms for May Day

The apple trees are flowering, and I can’t get enough of how pretty the blossoms are. They begin as red dots that swell to round buds with a pink blush. Both the Macintosh and the Egremont Russet trees that I planted last spring are now opening white flowers. As for the crabapple trees, they are […]

Bees in the trees

The bees are in the trees, It’s a happy, buzzing breeze, Cause the bees are in the trees, And the pear blossoms are pleased, Down in the earth, up to the leaves, The miner bees are in the trees.

Another sign of spring

Bugs are getting jiggy. That’s right, when a gentleman bug and a lady bug love each other very much, they grow very close. When the weather is warm and sunny, they get together, and he counts the spots on her back. Yeah, that’s what he’s doing.

More spring flowers

Peach blossoms, pear blossoms, and lots of tulips. All joining the plum blossoms.

How to know you picked the right one

He bakes cookies. Definitely the best way to end Passover.

The Poetry Offensive

Is it just me, or is there some sort of poetry offensive going on?

Obligatory Hugo musings

Well, here we go: the Hugo nominations have been announced. Time to get reading. Some more. I’ve read one of the books. Of all the unread stories on my iTouch, the two I had most been looking forward to reading are among the nominees. I will admit there’s a couple that I’ve been avoiding. But […]

Tulips for Easter Sunday

What more is there to say except that the sun is out and the tulips are prospering? Enjoy!

Re: The Grand Design

Despite the marquee name of Stephen Hawking (and Leonard Mlodinow) on the cover, The Grand Design reads at best like a sketchy version of a cosmology book. The lack of bibliography should have been a warning. It begins with quite a salvo: On the first page, it declares that philosophy is dead as a means […]