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We had a very busy weekend tidying up a lot of the gardens around our home. We were expecting a few days of rain, so we decided to make hay while the sun was shining. The main vegetable garden is done,

Hello hello silver bloggers, music lovers and Hello hivers! One of my favourite days because it means a post on Hive will be written by me, and I get to hear other music that Hivers and Hiveians enjoy.

I do not know what comes first, the moon or the sun, as they rise at the same time. So, in here you will see the full moon (5 shots), and the sunset (5 shots). I simply love both of these magnificent planets,

Virginia offers both!

Sometimes there are just too many thoughts taking up rent-free space inside my head!

I should have said for the beautiful small insects, as they keep the eco-system going. I collect random insect shots on my wanders in nature, until I have enough to do a post, and so I took these photos

Today we took a break from the usual and went to a local Renaissance Fair as vendors.

I’ll admit it, I’m a sucker for a good fringe-theory or conspiracy. As a Gen-X’r I was raised on old black and white reruns of The Twilight Zone from the 50’s and early 60’s, late night Alfred Hitchcock

It is so hard to believe that fall is upon us. All the flowers have got to be cut back and the annuals pulled. We have been working on different gardens surrounding the house. The shade garden underneath

A relaxing Sunday read about one of nature's wonders. You will see the Cape Sugarbird and his wife (Promerops cafer), and then a female Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus), and finally

Really feeling my age as we load up the truck to go be vendors at a local renaissance fair.

A memorable experience with a bubbly energetic Rene - thank you.

It’s so hard to believe that it’s been nearly a month since the launch of my collection of short stories, Walking With the Muse. That first month after a book launch is always extremely intense from both

The peppers are the last to be harvested from the garden. I try to let them stay on the plants until they start to change color, but these were what was left so I picked them. I'm out of room in my freezer

It is a pleasure to see how the late sun strokes the mountain range with colors. I wonder how many of us get confused while we are busy doing a post, or is it only me? I carefully select the photo numbers

Although we might like to think otherwise, it's very hard to know what another is experiencing!

Health care costs sure are, will crypto follow?

Come and watch the actions of this little gymnast up in a high tree. Thin branches at the top of the tree, and the squirrel just took it in his stride. I haven't done a Squirrel Friday post in a long time,

Facebook seems to be making an effort to at least LABEL AI slop and obvious misrepresentations

It's truly hard to believe that I have been enjoying the company of so many wonderful people here on the Hive Blog for ten years. Time, whether it seemingly moves fast or slow, manages to slip by in the