2024 · Our Garden · Our Yard

Our Garden/Yard In Early June (1)

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1) Broccoli; 2) White Clover; 3) Ozzy; 4) Fleabane;
5) Common Motherwort; 6) Multiflora Rose

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2024 · 🌸🌷 Spring 🌷🌸 · Our Forest · Our Yard

Our Yard/Forest In Early May (2)

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1) Wild Columbine; 2) Ozzy; 3) Dark-barred twin-spot Carpet Moth;
4) Maples in our forest; 5) Norway Maple Leaves; 6) Bumble Bee on
Honeysuckle; 7) Crabapple Blossoms; 8 & 9) Pusteblume;
10)Star of Bethlehem; 11) More Maples; 12) Garlic Mustard

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2024 · National Day Calendar · Our Furbabies

National Pet Day 2024

National Pet Day is April 11, although if you’re a pet owner, you know there’s not a day that goes by that you don’t celebrate your animal companion! So hug your hedgehog, bond with your bunny, and cut your kitty some catnip! That critter makes you happy β€” and that’s not all. Over the past 10 years, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been a research partner to determine the physical and mental benefits of having a pet. It turns out that not only can pets steal our hearts, but they also contribute to overall cardiovascular health by lowering cortisol, cholesterol, and blood pressure levels.

Resource: https://nationaltoday.com/national-pet-day/

2024 · Our Furbabies

Ozzy’s 5th Birthday

Our family remembers when we adopted Ozzy (or he adopted us). He was a three-month-old kitten. Now, he’s three years old. Ozzy is still a kitten at heart. His favorite part of the day is to play-fight with Benny, our Norwegian Forest Cat, or play tag with Zoey, our Labrador/Pitbull mix. When he wants to play alone, he regularly steals Sara’s hairbands and has a blast with them pushing and kicking them around, until they end up under the refrigerator or under the recliner. When Ozzy wants to watch birds, he usually finds a way on top of our miniature greenhouses to look out the sunroom’s windows. He can be quite a bit mischievous. But we love him so much.

Happy 5rdΒ Birthday, Ozzy!

2024 · β˜ƒβ„ Winter β„β˜ƒ · Our Furbabies · Our Yard

A Warmer Winter Day In New England (1)

It’s still early February. But the sun feels a little warmer already. It’s gaining strength, again. The breeze was still cool. But it wasn’t cold enough to bundle up. Ozzy and his brothers enjoyed a stroll on our property until the sunset. Then they all wanted to come back in.

In the next few days, we will have a warming trend in Connecticut and parts of New England. By Saturday, we are supposed to get temperatures up to 57℉/14℃. Since it is dried up and there’s no rain in the forecast until Sunday, Kevin and I might take a short hike this weekend. it won’t be so muddy and cold.

2023 · πŸ‚πŸ Autumn πŸπŸ‚ · Our Forest · Our Yard

Our Yard/Forest In Late October (2)

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