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Sunday Letter: 03.08.2020

March 8, 2020 By Talya Tate Boerner 4 Comments

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

Did you remember to spring forward this morning? Love it or hate it, Daylight Saving Time began at 2 a.m. When I worked at the bank, I despised losing that hour of much needed sleep. It’s truly amazing how one hour can mess with your mind for weeks to come.

But yay for extra daylight after supper!

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Sunday Letter: 09.08.19

September 8, 2019 By Talya Tate Boerner 6 Comments

SUNDAY LETTER

Hello Sunday Letter friends!

I hope you’ve had a productive week of harvesting, gardening, reading, working, traveling, cooking, playing—all those things you do. Summer has returned to Arkansas, and the weather has been as hot as Hades and fog-up-your-glasses steamy. It can’t last too much longer though. At least I don’t think so.Continue Reading

Hungry Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars ?

August 21, 2019 By Talya Tate Boerner 3 Comments

Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar

I’m super excited to report that we finally have spicebush swallowtail caterpillars in our garden! In early spring, we planted four spicebush shrubs specifically for the butterflies. Then, almost every day since planting them, I’ve been inspecting our spicebushes, hoping to find caterpillars.

Up until last week, nothing. Each time I see a torn leaf, I look more closely hoping to find a hungry, hungry caterpillar. A folded leaf? I look again, hoping to find a hiding caterpillar.

Nope. Nothing.

I worried that our plants were too new. Maybe it takes a few seasons to be discovered? Continue Reading

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Hi! I'm Talya. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

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