By this time of the year, most folks have generally forgotten our spring blooming Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis). In the springtime it is quite showy, producing clusters of rose-colored pea-like flowers along its branches. The spring is truly the time of the year for the redbud to show off, but after the blooms fade, the…

Try this link to the travel pages of my my website! Work your way down to the Images of Istanbul. Two of the images have a sound file connected to them (a minaret and a cat). Hope you like them! www.jeffabt.com/travelimages4.html

My neighbor “Ab” adopted a baby orphaned squirrel a month or so ago; they have since become inseparable friends. “Twitchy” crawls around on Ab as if he were an oak tree…often falling asleep curled up on his shoulder. Ab knows that one day Twitchy will not return to him after a session of exploring the…

Blue Pea Vine (Clitoria ternatea). This little thing has the most captivating blooms and will easily cover fences and posts up to 10 feet high in a single season. And they will bloom continuously throughout the summer.

My mom in the 1940’s… A classy young woman!

RECEIVING

I like folks who take walks. We live in a small enough town where people can get out of doors and walk on sidewalks for exercise and for getting out into nature. A couple of Sundays ago a friend of mine, Mark Dodson, brought an unusual acorn to me to identify. He said he walks…

It’s a sad time we live in! When in “The City” it was always good to see “The Sun”. I’m sorry to see it go!