Finally got around to starting the garden

It was not my fault though. It was the iffy Midwest weather and the seemingly insurmountable amount of yardwork. Around this time of year, I am usually a few steps ahead and have started planting and made mucho progress on the yard and flower beds. Heck sometimes, the gardens are even mulched and look pleasing…

That Amazing Goddamn Sycamore Tree

On the Southeast corner of my humble abode stands this enormous, really beautiful tree. Seen below on a cloudy recent morning. It is at it’s most striking right now I think. With it’s usual spotted brown bark stripped in the fall and now standing there stark bare waiting for spring to begin. You can spot…