Sparrow Tree Journal

July is here, and with it another (almost) record heat wave. It's not even cooling down very much at night. In fact, I think it just get...

Here are some of the scant handfuls of veggies I've managed to harvest from this year's struggling summer garden. Not pictured: a qu...

I got two extra days off work this week, today and tomorrow. It was quite unexpected; my contracted days for the 2025/26 school year were do...

  I stumbled across this funny anecdote on Threads the other day and wanted to share it with you for two reasons: first, because "White...

Last Friday was our 20th wedding anniversary! I had the day off thanks to my awesome summer schedule at work (short days and Fridays off). G...

I can't remember if I shared this picture on the blog already. This is a stray cat that's been hanging around our house for close to...

My sweet old man, George, is the happiest dog I know. I haven't shared a picture of him recently, so here's one I took today. Isn...

A couple of weeks ago I was browsing the garden center of Home Depot and decided I ought to buy some fertilizer for the vegetable garden. I...