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I would say, with no new posts for a year and a half, that this blog is effectively closed. I would like to start a new blog. So I will le...

So, everything else from the first half of August. I want to say that on August 2 in my back yard I saw a monarch butterfly floating serene...

I was looking up names for the Full Moons and found that the moon of August was called by some native people "The Moon When Everything ...

Between posts, that is. I dilly, I dally. I am a born procrastinator. And then there is Facebook. Where I am not limited to talking to ...

Rain, that is. Officially, rainfall in Topeka since yesterday afternoon ranged from 0.19 in. at Forbes Field to 0.65 in. at Billard Airport...

No, I'm not making catsup, or ketchup either. Even if I had that many tomatoes, it would still be too hot. July 22. Hanging around Ga...

If all else fails, the Moon is always cool. That's my theory. July 21.

Oh, Sun. July 18. Too much of a good thing is more than enough. Hmm. Same day, new stuff? Will it mean anything? Well, in any...

I was awakened by thunder and sprinkles this morning. Later it rained steadily for about an hour. I think we might have gotten about half ...

Hey, it's dry out there. But because I water them, the Sungold tomatoes are lovely and juicy and bright. That fresh pop of flavor, ...

On the 9th, enough rain to make me have to use the wipers, wow! But...that's all there was to it. There was a nice sunset, though....

Is this going to give us rain? Not yet!

At the car wash, baby. I tried to make it rain, but it didn't. Mama Moon, July 2. Moon Lake. Local holiday color! ...