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Facebook17 The madman has his eye on the birds. We finally took the hummingbird feeders down last week. You may think that’s awful late. Normally it would be, but the madman says it’s been a strange year. According to Journey North, some hummingbirds were late in leaving. There were reports of hummingbird sightings to the…
Facebook It is day 28 of our self-imposed quarantine. Our hats are off to the healthcare workers and all other essential workers who risk their health every day. We are doing our part to stay safe so we don’t require their services. And, while we are staying safe, we are trying to take care…
Facebook3 The madman has been going crazy lately – it is almost March, the Persephone Period is over and he is itching to get outside to continue his pruning tasks. I have to keep reminding him that yes, the Persephone Period is over, but here in Connecticut the shrubs and small trees are still thinking…
Facebook Yesterday spring arrived – Eostre came rushing in with the promise of warmer weather and regrowth. While you were busy celebrating The First Day of Spring, the madman was celebrating Snowman Burning Day. “It’s an actual holiday,” he insists. Honestly, I don’t know where he comes up with these celebrations, but he does. At…
Facebook35 The greenhouse came early, and the madman is loving it. That really comes as no surprise – he loved the other one. He thinks it gives him a chance to cheat Mother Nature, something he has been trying to do for a very long time. He calls it “extending the growing season,” not “cheating.”…
Facebook16 “The frost comes on little cat feet” – my apologies to Carl Sandburg, the madman likes the phrase, but really wishes you had used frost instead of fog. The mere mention of frost strikes fear in the heart of the madman, and that first frost warning coincided with the Connecticut Association of Optometrists’…