The Dirt on Nicky
Beans on the bushes
This time of year there are beans on the bushes, so all’s right with the world. The Baker Creek seed catalog...
ISawArkansas
Driving home from Eagle Rock last evening, I was thinking that whether we like anyone else or not, we have all been invited into...
The Coffee Table
A Wonderful Day in the Neighborhood
I was born in Texas. Raised in Yankeeland – with a small stint on the West Coast.
I moved to...
The Nature of Eureka
Yellow Coneflowers
This time of year reminds me of 1980, my first summer in the Ozarks. The memory trigger is the blooming of Echinacea along...
HavingREELFun
Get out early these days and beat the heat. Stay hydrated while you’re there. This is so important during these sultry days.
Most know this...
The Dirt on Nicky
Here comes summer
One afternoon a few days ago I noticed how hot it was outside. And again the next day. And the next. So,...
The Coffee Table
Evolution of the Dinosaur
I don’t have a smart phone. I have a dumb phone. It doesn’t tell me when I’m lost. Doesn’t take pictures or...
ISawArkansas
Watching Florida State University clobber Alabama in women’s softball on Monday night was way better than I expected it to be. Gosh, it was...
HavingREELFun
Fish are still on the shoreline and the bank, eating a variety of baits in a variety of ways. Bream are spawning and they...
The Dirt on Nicky
Where once there was a pathway . . .
It’s been a damp spring in our part of the Ozarks. Seedlings carefully transplanted have been...