Sometimes it truly seems like everyone is "suffering" from one thing or another!

When I was young Mum taught herself how to cook vegetarian meals. She went to a few classes and that was it - Dad didn't touch meat til the day he died and she's still staunchly vegetarian. Dad loved these

I found the nest on a farm that borders on the mountains. It is the first week of feeding, and I could see that the babies of the Malachite Sunbirds (Nectarinia famosa) hatched, as I timed the female coming

We grow seedlings, plant them out into the garden, and before we know it, we are ripping it all out. We put it in, we take it out! This has to be the first year in my entire life where keeping up with

Seven years ago I reached the formal retirement age, but life had other plans for me. So, now I will show you a road trip to another town as I was requested to do a eulogy at a memorial service. You will

With all the carefully curated images presented on social media, are yhere any real people left?

The title really rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it? 😂 Six more days until the book launch! I’m several days deep into the marketing blitz on social media to help build anticipation. For me, marketing has

Occasionally, we purchase large Butterball Turkey Breasts to cook, not only for dinner, but to carve the meat off for our dog, Mika. She loves turkey, and it is so much healthier for her than purchasing

I posted it about 3, or 4 years ago, and the ones that are still here on Hive might remember it. So, we returned here, as we heard that a new coffee shop had opened up. I will show you some doves (5 shots),

Funny how "talking about the weather" becomes les and weird as we grow older...

One of the fascinating aspects, to me, of these "virtual worlds," is they have a property which makes them historically unique.   At least in theory ... And, what is that? They will always be

The staff saw a snake, and it seems that the birds also knew that there was a snake around. So, these two friends, a Cape Sparrow and a Mousebird landed on a tree. I will break this story up into sections

The zucchini plants are slowing down. I found two large ones hiding under the leaves and decided to make bread with them. I removed all the large seeds and pulpy center before shredding the zucchini. Zucchini

Good morning everyone! This morning, I woke up to the gentle fragrance of the pink roses and lilies blooming on my balcony. More lily buds have opened overnight, adding their delicate beauty to the morning

Do your opinions arise from original thought or from what somebody else said?

I’m thrilled to share with you all that the release of my new book Walking With the Muse: A Collection of Short Stories is scheduled for September 4! After months of curating the stories, making revisions,

What a lovely surprise to see the oldies out and about. Do you know what type of old car this one is? Not to worry, as I will show you below. My wife is always searching for special prices on food sales,

Doing hands-on creativity may be essential to our mental health!

...and so, we crawled along at 20kph for awhile. It is said that speed kills, and in this case, there was no speeding to talk of. Just an ultra slow drive until that machine turned off wherever it was

Bumming around Columbus Ohio