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Mocking Birdsong?

Sweeney's February 26, 2014 Landscaping, Uncategorized 0

The birdsong?  What happened to the birdsong?  Were they not singing and perhaps giggling at our misfortune?  Stupid birds.  They were mocking us at best and warning us at worst.  Spring is clearly for the birds…not for us. We’re in…

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Birdsong: The Promise of Spring

Sweeney's February 11, 2014 Landscaping, Uncategorized 0

These sunny days are killers.  Sure, they look benign enough, and for a moment, lift the spirits, until you have to walk outside.  They are nothing short of brutal and misleading, which just seems cruel.  At this point, I’ll take…

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Volunteering Vacation

Sweeney's April 2, 2013 Landscaping, Uncategorized 0

Happy April!  Yes, it’s April, and it’s been chilly, unseasonably chilly, but Spring will persist and pervade, and all will be well…eventually. Last week, the kids were on Spring Break.  We intended on spending the week close to home, perhaps…

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Spring on Break

Sweeney's March 20, 2013 Landscaping, Spring 0

  It’s here! It’s official!  It’s Spring!   What’s that?  You want me to double-check my facts?  You say it feels nothing like Spring?  Your what is frozen to your what?  I know.  I feel the same.  Spring hasn’t exactly rolled…

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Marching Towards Spring

Sweeney's March 13, 2013 Landscaping, Uncategorized 0

I’m still reeling from Sunday’s time change.  I’ve never been a fan of the “spring” forward initiative.  I feel as though I’ve been robbed.  Monday morning greeted me with sheer and utter darkness, which set the tone for the rest…

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Great Reasons to Garden

Sweeney's March 6, 2013 Landscaping, Uncategorized 0

Major snow storm in March?  Unlikely, but true.  We made up for a whole season of snow in little over a month.  In fact, we had no measurable snow events in November, December or January.  It was all packed into…

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March: In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Platypus

Sweeney's March 7, 2012 Landscaping, Spring 2

So far, March has come in like a lamb, keeping consistent with the peculiar winter we’ve had so far.  I suspect she’ll leave as a platypus – a mixed bag, so to speak. This mild, aforementioned peculiar weather, although agreeable…

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