Spring Has Sprung!
It’s spring in South Carolina! All the signs are here: azaleas, dogwoods, yellow jessamine, wisteria, flowering cherries, periwinkle, violets, Japanese magnolias. And pollen. Lots and lots of pollen.
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It’s spring in South Carolina! All the signs are here: azaleas, dogwoods, yellow jessamine, wisteria, flowering cherries, periwinkle, violets, Japanese magnolias. And pollen. Lots and lots of pollen.
All kinds of people live in my neighborhood. Including stick people. They go to school, play at the park, take walks and hold down jobs. They’re just like the rest of us. Only skinnier.
2020 has not been a great year. To say the least. But the optimist in me knows that 2021 will be much better. We’ve already handled whatever 2020 could throw at us, and we got through it. We will rise. … Continued
Here in South Carolina, we are obsessed with Palmetto trees. So at Christmastime, it’s nice to see the rest of the world share our obsession. Oh, everyone else might think these are palm trees. But we know them for what … Continued
Everybody knows about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. After all, he had a whole song written about him. He doesn’t need any more publicity. But it’s nice to see the Bumble getting a little attention from time to time. The Bumble? … Continued
I understand that turkeys are a little nervous this time of year and might not want to draw attention to themselves. But I’ve been seeing a weird trend lately… Turkeys disguised as pilgrims. Do they think we can’t tell the … Continued
Fall is here! There’s a crispness in the air and a crunch in the leaves underfoot. Autumn is leaving its fingerprints all over the neighborhood. And, as it turns out, its fingerprints are orange.
Ever feel like someone is watching you? That’s because they are.
It’s Halloween — time for the neighborhood witches to take flight. And then park. What? You were expecting brooms? I don’t know about your neighborhood, but the witches here have gone high tech.
Mailboxes share important milestones in our lives. They know about the birthday parties we are invited to, the happy graduations we attend, the weddings we are thrilled about. They know about the gifts we order and the gifts we receive. … Continued