I step outside the RV for a 6 AM walk with Tango, and the smell of lilacs surrounds me. Sweet, strong, delightful. I don’t see any blooming lilacs close by but I am determined to find them. Tango and I head over one block and then down the steep hill. Another steep wooded hill rises…
Margaritaceous! Of margaritas? Full of margaritas? Lime-tasting? Salty? None of the above. Margaritaceous is a word, but it has nothing to do with margaritas. However, the person who picks the word of the day at Dictionary.com has a sense of humor and chose that word for today. So the real definition: resembling mother-of-pearl. Margarit, the term’s…
Wandering around the garden department, thinking about the garden I won’t have this year because I do not have a yard! Then, my thoughts turn to all the gardens I have grown. Zucchini, potatoes, peppers. In recent years, flowers too. Dahlias, zinnia, hollyhocks. I pause at the display of red geraniums. Memories flood in, including…
We all know about freeway exits and the numbering system. Exit numbers correspond to the closest mileage markers along the road. In Wyoming, I exit I-25 at exit/mile marker 81. That exit is 81 miles north of the Colorado/Wyoming border. The first exit over that border into Wyoming is #4. When I visit the…