growing: WINDOW SHOPPING - Two Cents Worth of Gaining Perspective - 06/19/11 06:58 AM
I was getting an eye exam a few years back, and the optometrist, in the uncomfortably quiet office, was peering into my eye with a microscopic instrument for what seemed to be a very long minute. "Can you see my soul?" I asked. We didn't see eye-to eye on a sense of humor, but it made me think about shutter speeds of our captured experiences...the images that make us look twice or think again and touch us in so many ways, framing our perceptions and memories of lifetimes. When I was a young mother, I didn't have the instrumentation available to … (5 comments)

growing: A TIME TO SOW - 03/11/08 07:50 AM
SPRING is a time for all things growing to be renewed... a time for all things hibernating to awaken. A time to grow where you are planted and time to plant some things to grow.
This link is filled with excellent and well-organized information on growing native and naturalized wildflowers in the state of Alabama    http://www.auburn.edu/awac/watch1.htm
If you are wondering where to find some seeds or bulbs or accessories for your garden in Lee County, Alabama, here are a few favorites that I've found:
Fred's Feed & Seed (334-502-6602), right on the outskirts of Auburn in Loachapoka, on the north side … (6 comments)