Tag: farm
member name: Mary H.
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October 23, 2008 12:45 PM EDT --
Jim and Sean are cutting the beans. I came home to see the field east of our house freshly shaved to a short stubble. The grain wagon was parked just by our barn and I watched the combine lumber . . .
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November 23, 2008 10:14 PM EST --
I've always loved our windmill. I remember climbing the rusty ladder toward the twirling blades when I was thirteen or fourteen. I was halfway up when my grandfather tore out of the house, yelling . . .
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October 15, 2009 09:13 AM EDT --
So much rain in Birdland, I wonder when they will be able to bring in the corn. A late sunrise and over cast skies make for dark mornings and shadowy chicken duties. It's not that I'm wishing . . .
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July 31, 2009 12:46 PM EDT --
Ghost lilies are haunting Birdland. I noticed them blooming in town last week, and knew ours were not far behind. Do you know about Ghost Lilies? They are the pale pink wild cousins to Amaryllis, and . . .
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January 10, 2009 11:20 AM EST --
It is 2,181 miles from Birdland to Seattle. Today it's 42 degrees there, and cloudy, with showers in the forecast. I have to think about these things, when I imagine my boy, who just said goodbye . . .
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May 08, 2009 10:33 AM EDT --
Is it me, or does everything speed up in the springtime? In Birdland the lilacs are already gone, mostly turned brown, the lovely scent evaporated. All this rain has made everything a deep jade green, . . .
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August 27, 2009 11:48 PM EDT --
It is the season of the yellow butterflies, when early mornings are chilly, but by noon we're looking for a shade tree. The butterflies gather at the edges of puddles and then dance in tumbling . . .
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April 24, 2009 11:49 AM EDT --
This week in Birdland listening to a post-apocalypse story on audio book as I drive, and an adventure in the depths of the well pit has me thinking about culture and dependence. Thursday morning the water . . .
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May 01, 2009 11:47 AM EDT --
Man, I hope my editor understands why my column is late this week! Last week's well emergency put me back on my chores, and I never got to the laundry. Despite overcast skies I am determined to stop . . .
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April 27, 2008 07:26 PM EDT --
April 27, 2008
Hanging the wash always gets me thinking of my cousin, Patty, in D.C., who understands laundry. We once bonded over the discovery that we both, separated by half a continent, used to . . .
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January 28, 2009 09:44 AM EST --
In first grade we had a substitute teacher. It was right around my birthday. I don't remember her name, but I have a vivid memory of her standing at the front of the classroom. She had a modest beehive . . .
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March 13, 2009 09:44 AM EDT --
Aren't spring shoots amazing? Pushing up out of frozen, grey earth, shouldering aside clods, each shoot with a different shape. A rosette of green tulip leaves is tinged with red, each leaf like the . . .
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May 25, 2009 08:54 AM EDT --
Abundant rain and a broken lawn mower make Birdland a lush place. The red peonies are blooming an d they’re so beautiful it almost hurts to look at them. I haven’t seen my first frog yet, . . .
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June 14, 2009 11:22 AM EDT --
This column was born of letters to friends. In correspondence, I found myself describing in detail the microcosm of my yard. It seemed like I just had to look out the window or walk out to the bean field . . .
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June 19, 2009 09:06 AM EDT --
This week brought even more rain to Birdland, and a mild tornado shows me the wisdom of folks who do a barn raising in one day. The storm hit early in th e morning with a grass green sky and a wind . . .
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July 03, 2009 11:43 AM EDT --
In Birdland the Black-Eyed-Susans are still blooming, and the Jerusalem artichokes are budding. Another yellow flower (one that looks so much like ragweed when it comes up that I used to pull it all . . .
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July 15, 2009 10:38 AM EDT --
It’s a sunny day in Birdland, but I need to get something off my chest. I’m tired of the secrecy, the deception, the juggling of half-truths, the panic I get when I realize I’ve left . . .
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July 24, 2009 12:03 PM EDT --
In Birdland the sunflowers I planted around the garden coop have grown strong stalks to carry their faces up over the roof of the coop to greet the morning sun. They clear the coop, but are still in the . . .
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August 21, 2009 01:22 PM EDT --
School has started, bringing a whole new set of rhythms that reminds us that Fall is on its way. Bedtimes and breakfast are earlier, and we settle into a schedule of making lunches, doing homework, and . . .
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October 08, 2009 02:08 PM EDT --
I was hoping to spend my afternoon digging day lilies to transplant along the new path to the barn. The path is only imaginary still, but it's vivid in my mind. My experimental plan to mow only . . .
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