Cookies!

 I made a batch of basic peanut butter cookie dough with organic crunchy peanut butter.  I rolled the balls into organic Cane Sugar, pressed them out, and tucked a Dark Chocolate Nonperials.  I'm calling them Black-eyed Susans!

Mourning Dove on its Own

For the past couple of years, a pair of mourning doves has spent the summer in my backyard.  This year I noticed just one.  Here on a rainy day.  Below a couple of days later on the bird bath, still by itself.

Pansies, Violas--and Wild Violets, Oh My!

 I buy pansies and violas for spring, then the wild violets show up!  And in my container, too!  They are prolific and delightful.

Maryland Zoo: Watrhogs!

The Maryland Zoo is home to a companion pair of Common Warthogs.  Both were born in the spring of 2015.  KeeWee was barn at the Maryland Zoo, and Hodor was born at the Detroit Zoo and transferred to the Maryland Zoo in September of 2017.  

It was a rainy day, and KeeWee knows how to keep dry in her tree-stump den.

 

Brunch!

A Steak and Egg sandwich with fresh Mozzarella, Tomato, Spinach and Mayo on toasted Artisan white bread.

First Blooms of Spring

Perennial Wildflowers are returning.

Celadine Poppy

Epimedium

May Apple

Pachysandra

Virginia Bluebells

 

Pansies and Violas

 I think my favorite flowers are Pansies and Violas.  They are so colorful.  They last forever!  They survive the Mid-Atlantic winter to resurrect for a second life in the spring.  

I know Pansy is a word used to insult an effeminate and presumed to be "gay" boy.  But really?  Nature throws in all at pansies and they persevere and are fabulous!  Insult?  More like badge of honor. 

Biden's Nominees: Adewale Adeyemo as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury - 25 MAR 21

 

Lone Mourning Dove in the Spring Rain

 

Biden's Nominees: David Turk as Deputy Secretary of Energy - 24 MAR 21

 

Biden's Nominees: Rachel Levine as Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services - 24 MAR 21

 

Biden's Nominees: Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General of the United States - 23 MAR 21

 

Biden's Nominees: Shalanda Young for Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget - 23 MAR 21

 

Biden's Nominees: Martin Walsh as the Secretary of Labor - 22 MAR 21

 

Biden's Nominees: Brian McKeon as the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources - 18 MAR 21

 

Biden's Nominees: William Burns as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency - 18 MAR 21

 

Biden's Cabinet Nominees: Xavier Becerra as the Secretary of Health and Human Services - 18 MAR 21

Biden's Cabinet Nominees: Katherine Tai as the United States Trade Representative - 17 MAR 21

 

Dinner: Turmeric Black-Pepper Pork with Green Beans and Rice

 

Biden's Cabinet Nominees: Isabella Casillas Guzman as Administrator of the Small Business Administration - 16 MAR 21

 

Bird Journal: White-throated Sparrows

A pair of White-throated Sparrows, Zonotrichia albicollis.

 

My Gardens: the Circles Garden, Crocuses

 

Dinner: Asparagus, Wild Mushroom, Sundried Tomato Tart

 

Biden's Cabinet Nominees: Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior - 15 MAR 21

 

Dinner: Swedish Meatballs with Oyster Mushroom Gravy and Broccoli

 

Biden's Cabinet Nominees: Michael Regan as Head of the Environmental Protection Agency - 10 MAR 21

 

Biden's Cabinet Nominees: Merrick Garland as Attorney General - 10 MAR 21

 

Biden's Cabinet Nominees: Marcia Fudge Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - 10 MAR 21

 

Dinner: Broccoli in a Lemon-Egg sauce with Feta Cheese over Fettuccine

 

Biden's Cabinet Nominees: Cecilia Rouse Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors - 02 MAR 21

 

Biden's Cabinet Nominees: Gina Raimondo Secretary of Commerce - 02 MAR 21

Biden's Cabinet Nominees: Miguel Cardona Secretary of Education - 01 MAR 21