Monthly Archives: March 2013

Spring back (2)

Posted on March 21, 2013 by krikitarts

I’ve been having great fun (during pauses in my wrestling match with Turbo Tax) with my new project of bringing you tastes of spring from bygone days in far (and near) reaches of my experiences.  For my second installment, I’ll … Continue reading →

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Spring back (1)

Posted on March 20, 2013 by krikitarts

The thing about spring is that she’s not playing nice this year here in the U.S. Midwest.  Maybe we’re spoiled by what we experienced last year, when we had the warmest March on record, but now many of us are … Continue reading →

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Warm wishes and the Waitaks

Posted on March 19, 2013 by krikitarts

Continuing my chronicles of my recent New Zealand adventures, and with delight in memories of warmer days so recently experienced combining with eager anticipation of warmer weather here as well, let me take you for a while to the Waitakere … Continue reading →

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Underenthused

Posted on March 16, 2013 by krikitarts

Yesterday our temperature reached 61°F (16°C) with only mild winds—completely balmy and beautiful.  Today it’s freezing.  The wind is biting and roaring through the trees.  The crocuses have closed back up and are hunkered down and shivering.  The daffodils will … Continue reading →

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A dichotomy of developments—and directions

Posted on March 16, 2013 by krikitarts

First to the developments.  Would you like the bad news or the good news first? OK, the bad news.  Both CD and I are stricken with nasty throat-and-chest colds that are not allowing us to get any quality sleep at … Continue reading →

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Sweet summer streams

Posted on March 14, 2013 by krikitarts

Several of my fellow bloggers have been growing weary of winter’s apparent unwillingness to let go her hold and allow the gentler seasons to make their definitive entrance, and have been digging back into their archives for images to ease … Continue reading →

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Sanctuary of Smiths

Posted on March 12, 2013 by krikitarts

I find myself drawn to patches of relative wildness in unexpected places, especially amid “developed” sections in urban settings.  Squiddy works at the Auckland University of Technology in Takapuna, and a few years ago when I was spending some time … Continue reading →

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Twilight blues

Posted on March 11, 2013 by krikitarts

The new flower shoots are now snugly biding their time under a fine blanket of new  snow.  I went out to savor the silence early yesterday evening, shortly before darkness  fell.  The branches of our little hawthorn were delicately powdered, … Continue reading →

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A day’s difference

Posted on March 10, 2013 by krikitarts

Was I too eager?  Too optimistic?  Too confident?  Too complacent?  If so, I apologize.  Continuing with my plan to follow the progress of the first of the new growth, I went back out again yesterday afternoon for a look at … Continue reading →

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Silly Saturday: Pocket Pretzel

Posted on March 9, 2013 by krikitarts

Back in 2007, while on a working trip to Australia, I had the chance to visit the family of the young man who was to become my first son-in-law a year later.  Their home was a drive of some two … Continue reading →

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