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Duck season! Rabbit season!

Prairie dog season! No, I’m not encouraging anyone to hunt prairie dogs. However, this is the time of year when the new crop of pups are old enough to leave the den, but not quite experienced enough to be familiar with the dangers of traffic. “The” US36 has a lot of tiny speed bumps right [...]

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Tue, June 10 2008 » cute and fuzzy bunny, springtime » 4 Comments

Flommers

Yeah, I have no idea why, but “flommers” is a verbal affectation that I share with my mom. It means flowers in our family-speak. I’m pretty sure that it has nothing to do with how my sister or I may have mispronounced the word when we were wee. (5 points for entertaining alliteration!) So, I’m [...]

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Mon, June 9 2008 » gardening, springtime » 3 Comments

of things that bloom

Springtime along the Front Range is never less than amusing, although this year didn’t seem to have quite the same kick as usual. Yes, we had an 80-degree day followed immediately by snow, but we only had one of those. And where is my rainy season, when it rains every single afternoon from 3:00 to [...]

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Sun, May 18 2008 » gardening, springtime » 3 Comments