Monthly Archives: June 2011

Goodbye, Old Pants

I love the Thomas Carlyle quotation: “Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable.” I have lived these words all my life, growing up in hand me downs from my older brother and second … Continue reading

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A Boreal Toad in the Garden

Last Friday, Michelle made a very welcome discovery in the garden: a boreal toad. This is the second one she’s found here. The first one appeared last August. This one is bigger than that one.

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