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i haven't had to do much for taxes for a long time (if you don't earn taxable income you don't have to file if nobody is withholding taxes) but this year i do have to file even if i do not owe any taxes again. just because i withdrew some money from my Health Savings Account. there's a lot of...

potato soup got finished off for brunch today. not sure what dinner will be. maybe half a peanut butter sandwich and some oranges.

seems early, hope it doesn't get frosted! :)

composting doesn't have to be complicated, if you don't want to get into layering and wondering if your pile is moist enough or needs to be turned you can just bury scraps deep enough in a spot in the garden and the worms and the rest of the soil community will figure it out. pretty much the...

they are also very loud!

wheee! still on track even with recent fireworks. took some damage but not nearly as much as it would have been had i not changed my approach.

cardinals are pretty cheerful with their bright color, their shape and their singing when spring starts to perk up a bit. :)

this morning there were three large deer out back wandering around and trying to get back out. apparently they can't remember how they got in to begin with? Mom was watching them and giving me moment by moment updates. i had to ask her to stop telling me because the last time we had deer out...

i just can't imagine the texture being right for pressure canned sour cream but i'll have to trust those who've actually done it (as i'm very unlikely to ever have a way or reason to do it but who knows what the future might bring? :) ) ...

the kind that keeps them in line... my fly swatter doesn't seem to work.

another month or two perhaps. we'll see... i consider it foolishness to have 50-60s this time of the year as it can encourage fruit trees to bloom too early and then get taken out by frosts. it's much better that the seasons remain seasonal or perhaps well seasoned... :)

in the teens F here this morning, up to high 30sF today and sunny will melt all the remaining snow. later this week up to maybe over 60F by the end.

when doing anything with garlic i'm often just chewing on cloves of raw garlic. numnum... :)

i just can't get into eating first thing in the morning... i normally start the day by drinking half a glass of cold water. some days i can convince myself to eat something but it has to be ready or close enough to ready. mainly it is how much noise it takes for me to make it. the more noise...

progress is progress. :) hang in there! also, yes, i don't ever understand people who instantly go for negative. i can look at a mess and not feel anything or waste any energy on about how bad it might look. how it looks to me is normal. i get to it eventually... and if i don't i don't...