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A Wabbit War Ally
Originally posted on The Soulsby Farm:We’ve been taught from a young age that rabbits are cute, cuddly, adorable little creatures. They fool hunters and outsmart monsters…They sell us cereal and...
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The Seed of Succession
The Seed Jean MacArthur May-01-2010 A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his...
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Ugleee!
For all the folks in the world who think I am a loser here is evidence that I am not. A few months ago a blog that I follow offered an ugly tomato contest and solicited entries. This was my big chance...
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A View From the Kitchen Window
After the news I got today that my former employer-mentor died I have to do something positive. On Wednesday this week, I presented our garden club with a movie titled Floral Wonders. The film is...
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Opening Day At the 2013 Monet Vision
Ugh! Opening day in the garden is always a drag, and procrastination delayed my arrival. I love blogging and sat down this morning and even early this afternoon to write, but it didn’t happen. The...
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See Only the Black Side
I just received this story from my friend Lion Mike. It spoofs Obama and the Affordable Care Act. I find it highly offensive that anyone should write such a hilarious description of our first black...
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Amazing Glass
In 2001 my Garden Club introduced me to a show at the Garfield Park Observatory in Chicago. Artist Dale Chihuly made special pieces to place strategically throughout the tropical room of the hundred...
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A New Union of Terrorists
Boko Leporidae hopped into the assembly of terror cells in Grumpa Joe’s garden. Boko did not look like any of the Wabbits living in the garden, he was fluffier and more like the Easter Bunny. His...
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China Wages War on the USA
Who knew what the unintended outcome would be when President Richard Nixon visited China in the nineteen seventies. Originally, he went there on a goodwill mission, and because China, with its...
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Osaka Gardens
When the newsletter came from my garden club, and I read the next meeting is a field trip to Osaka gardens I got excited. Japanese gardens turn me on. They are among the most aesthetic works of art...
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I Don’t Look Good Naked Anymore
Well folks, I just got in from the garden. A mere two hours of planting chrysanthemums, pruning shrubs, dead heading daisies and I’m washed out. I entered the cool of the house and plopped in front of...
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Sneak Preview
A short movie is worth ten thousand words.Filed under: Biography, family, Garden,pond,, Gardening, Memories, Pond, Travel Tagged: Gold, Marigolds, Monet, Paint By Plant
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Secret Places Where Features Hide
Each year I try to make my garden different. Even though there are elements that cannot change easily like a pond, hard-scaping, and all the perennials. There is however, plenty of opportunity to paint...
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PSA-141205-Save the Monarchs
My garden club had a Christmas luncheon this past Wednesday and our president Kay Mac Neil presented each of us with a gift, a package of milkweed seed. She introduced a project to save the beautiful...
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I Give a Rat’s Rear
The 2015 Monet Vision is in its Blizzard White phase, and I could care less. The snow is pretty looking at it from the warmth of a house, but it becomes a hazard when outside. I don’t care about snow...
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Make Art For Your House
Last winter while lounging in the boring sunshine of Sun City West, I got the notion that it was time to do something I have never tried before. I painted a picture on canvas. I do well with pencil,...
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Talking To God
GOD to ST. FRANCIS : Frank , … You know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there on the planet? What happened to the dandelions, violets, milkweeds and stuff I started...
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THE WAR BEGINS!
This evening my war with thistle began. I’m finished with pulling and digging the darn things out of the ground. The weed propagates via runners. Pulling on them just breaks the vertical shoot and...
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Terrorists Strike a Frankfort Home
Late last evening Akkmed Wabbit and his young son Osama bin Wabbit were seen high tailing it out of the garden. This morning Grumpa Joe discovered the attack while he strolled the Monet Vision with...
View ArticleDay 13-Self Imposed Quarantine-On the Seventh Day God Rested
Today is Sunday. I have to remind myself of that. Last week I lost a day and celebrated Friday on Thursday. That means I didn’t eat meat at any meal before I realized my mistake, and then had to...
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