Karenfrance's Blog archive

The Road to Zanzibar

A few years ago, when we were flying up the east coast of Africa, I looked down and...

Paradise found!

OH and I have always believed that there are too many parts of the world we haven't...

Flogging a Dead Fish (or The Pond Diary of a Delusional Idiot)

Three years ago in the spring, we dug a big whole in our new front garden (well,...

Lifting the lid on the septic tank...The New Generation!

Hi folks! I haven't done much in the garden this year... ...well, that's not quite...

Be these bees, or be these flies...no, they're bee-flies!

All this summer there has been a buzzing in the garden... Tiny, little, furry bees...

Once upon a time...not so long ago, in a garden nearby...

...there was a happy, yet, complacent young god named Apollo... ...and, he'd been...

Once a hovel...

Hello all! I've been a bit pre-occupied lately. OH was home and we went to Scotland...and...

SOS Meadowland!

Hallo peeps! OH has been home for a few days...and...we've been getting a LOT done!!...

Xeriscaping!

Has anyone ever heard of xeriscaping? I, certainly, hadn't-until just yesterday...but,...

Wanted, Ark, anything considered but must float...

We had a pretty terrific storm last night. The house was shaking and one of the dogs...

It's not looking too bad after all!

Well, I finally got around to cutting the grass today...well, I use the term "grass"...

So, that was the winter of discontent...

...and this is the spring that's been a long time coming... Hi everyone! Sorry to...