I have six orchids which I’ve collected over the past three years, some of them bought and some of them obtained through plant trades.  I almost killed two of them, one last year and one the year before, but brought those two back and  have otherwise managed to keep all six plants generally healthy.  Last summer one of them bloomed, …

I got my first PC in something like 1991.  It had Windows 3.1 on it and I promptly managed to cause problems for myself by deleting File Manager.   For those of you who are too young (or too old)  to remember Win 3.1,  deleting File Manager then would be like getting rid of Windows Explorer and My Computer today and …

I’m not sure I’m real keen about this.  Emperor Geese began arriving last week.  I’ve never seen Emperor Geese here in September.  Perhaps some old-timers have, but in 20 years I’ve yet to see them before October, and some years it’s even November before their arrival. Their being here so early can’t be good.  And then there’s the snow.  Termination …