
I've had my 13-year-old grandson visiting all week, so I have spent more time with him and less time on the Internets. We went hiking, and he can identify almost as many wildflowers as I can. My native flower garden (above photo) is at its peak now, so we dug up last year's vegetable garden and put in new plants for summer. Planting seeds is your faith that the future holds good things. He experienced the perils of country living: Wednesday we waited 45 minutes for a gopher snake to come off the rear axle [...]