Diary of My Country Life

August 6th, 2025

08/06/2025 Wednesday 68-81F Cloudy From our neighborhood’s latest newsletter, by chance we read that a neighbor is selling homemade honey. We met that neighbor once—last Summer in a garden party,...

August 6th, 2025

08/06/2025 Wednesday 68-81F Cloudy From our neighborhood’s latest newsletter, by chance we read that a neighbor is selling homemade honey. We met that neighbor once—last Summer in a garden party,...

July 31st, 2025

07/31/2025 Thursday 69-91F Mostly Rain I remember that during my childhood and teen hood, my parents used to plant loofahs in spring. They sowed the seeds along the walls of...

July 31st, 2025

07/31/2025 Thursday 69-91F Mostly Rain I remember that during my childhood and teen hood, my parents used to plant loofahs in spring. They sowed the seeds along the walls of...

July 26th, 2025

07/26 Saturday 73-87F Sunny As if overnight, my basils get old. In the past several weeks, they have grown crazy in my little vegetable bed—they looked different almost every day....

July 26th, 2025

07/26 Saturday 73-87F Sunny As if overnight, my basils get old. In the past several weeks, they have grown crazy in my little vegetable bed—they looked different almost every day....

July 21st, 2025

07/21/2025 Monday 69-86F Sunny Yesterday morning the ADT alarm suddenly rang. I rushed to the window and caught two deer walking on the driveway contently heading out. “Some plants have...

July 21st, 2025

07/21/2025 Monday 69-86F Sunny Yesterday morning the ADT alarm suddenly rang. I rushed to the window and caught two deer walking on the driveway contently heading out. “Some plants have...

July 15th, 2025

07/15/2025 Tuesday 72-88F Cloudy It started to rain last evening, and later on it rained so hard that some highway in NJ was flooded.  This morning before 5am, birds already...

July 15th, 2025

07/15/2025 Tuesday 72-88F Cloudy It started to rain last evening, and later on it rained so hard that some highway in NJ was flooded.  This morning before 5am, birds already...

July 13th, 2025

07/13/2025 Sunday 73-87F Mostly Sunny I got up at 5:40am—to me, getting up early has many benefits, such as fresher air, and the day tended to look longer.  As always,...

July 13th, 2025

07/13/2025 Sunday 73-87F Mostly Sunny I got up at 5:40am—to me, getting up early has many benefits, such as fresher air, and the day tended to look longer.  As always,...