Feb 28 — April 30, 2023 —

A Little Good News — Dennett has decided to remain a Medium member for now, realizing that she will be able to continue to get some revenue from her writing. Everybody please read her articles, poems, etc, like mad and spread the word.

Enhancing the Environment — In Parts 1,2,3 and 4, I was beginning to explain how come we recently received this nice Wildlife habitat sign from the National Wildlife Federation.

For us, here in Southern Ontario, and specifically in our own micro-climate, it is a toss up between the arrival of certain birds and the appearance of one of two spring blooming plants. Lungwort and Bloodroot. Pulmonaria commonly known as Lungwort, is in the Borage family. It loves early spring…

Looking after Weeds and Wildflowers — Due to unforeseen and trying circumstances, our good friend Dennett, creator and owner of Weeds and Wildflowers, has requested that I take over the publication. For the past few months it has been my honour to assist Dennett as co-editor whenever she needed help. Now a crisis has arisen which…

What? — With at least three different beds from which to choose, from very early on after joining us, Shadow adopted this small, green gingham covered cushion as her top pick. The only clue as to why is that Gandalf used to love this tiny cushion and perhaps she is picking up his vibes.

Update: Fortunately, Dennett has managed to get WandW back on Medium, and is trying to transfer ownership to me. Due to awful happenings in her life at present, Dennett had deleted her account, so Weeds and Wildflowers had gone, but is now back. Luckily her farewell message came through and…

Then let me tell you about this other time … — Still in the first few days of starting my job with PlantWorld, the big, family-owned and run plant reselling place, I was learning the ropes, so to speak. They were huge on customer service and I was supposed to guide customers to their desired plants and help them select “good…