Month: April 2025

Good morning readers! I hope all is well and your weekend was relaxing. I’m enjoying the growth of my garden on the back patio. I do enjoy starting my day in the garden with Audrey 2 (aka Little Shop of Horrors plant) and the cats, but it would be interesting to be writing in a different place, maybe a mini adventure away from home or out of the state entirely. I would love to see a few little fur someones though and they were all the rage last night, let’s brew about it!

I was skimming through Facebook last night and I just so happened to see something about dire wolves popping up all over my feed like crazy. I thought to myself this has to be a scam or hoax because these guys have been extinct for WAYYYYY too long. Evidently, through bio-engineering they were able to extract fossilized dire wolf DNA and using red wolf DNA on top of using donor eggs have created three beautiful un-extinct mammals! It’s crazy to even type it let alone reading it. Why red wolf DNA though? The red wolf is the closest to the dire wolf genetics which ergo why they were used.

The first two dire wolves were born in 2024( I can’t BELIEVE I just typed 2024) and are named Remus and Romulus which if my werewolf history is of any use those are the names used in Underworld I believe, don’t Quote me! The newest member of the pack is a female pup named, Khalessi born this year. I am 110% sure I know where that’s coming from (Game of Thrones). It’s all so exciting. However, the location of the pups are at is unknown for many reasons I’m sure, but it is a great time to be alive during this monumental occasion! I’m also, thankful they paid heed to the disaster of what could happen from the many Jurassic movies. Hopefully, we will get more updates soon on how these little ones are thriving!

As Always Keep On Brewin!

Good morning readers, I’m in my sanctuary before the day begins, and it is nice and quiet surround by plants and of course the cats the peruse the neighborhood. The cars haven’t decided to zoom by with relish, or at least not the steady stream, yet. But I wanted to give you all an update on the vegetable/ fruit garden, let’s brew about it!

In the beginning of March, I planted tomatoes, cucumbers, and strawberries of which only one of the cucumber plants decided to have a “murder death kill,” within the first few days. I didn’t realize how delicate of a plant it is, so when transporting these bad boys from the garden center to your car to your home be aware of it’s surrounding these guys snap quick.

Also, cucumbers are vine plants and require a place to climb, luckily I had a couple of crates from the move that I placed behind the little guy. I highly recommend getting chicken wire to act as a lattice on the crate. Traditionally a lattice or cage is used to house climbing plants, but crates work just as well, if you’re looking for crates you can always call your local companies around you to se if they’re getting rid of any.

Other than that mishap everyone else is flourishing, the 2 tomato plants currently are bustling with tomatoes, the remaining cucumber plant is blooming and the strawberry plants well, they are starting to flow out of the pot and over the edge. I’m excited to see what growth will take place further into the year.

I plan on adding more cucumber plants, so the one lowly one has some buddies, but I’m thinking of adding zucchini, blackberry and bell peppers, possibly blue berries. I really don’t want to get overzealous, but I am revamping some pots to hold pollinator plants such as milkweed, passionflower and other tubular plants.

In the end having something to nurture snd watch grow is very humbling and satisfying. I enjoy relaxing in my little garden oasis. I really feel a fountain is needed four a sound sensory as well. I blame Secret Garden for my plant obsession, but I think also, with the constant screen action whether by laptop, phone, t.v. you get overloaded and desensitized so, it’s nice to dial it back. What do you think?

As Always Keep On Brewin!

Good morning readers, we are now sliding into April, which it feels like this year has flown by like zero to sixty, how do you feel about it? As we all know April 1st is April Fools Day, but why is it April Fools? When and why did this start? Let’s brew about it!

I hadn’t realized how far back April Fools Day may have began into the middle ages. Now, if you noticed MAY HAVE is the key words in this sentence. There isn’t any hard evidence as to when or where it started. However, one of my favorite writers of all time for his very cheeky streak, Geoffrey Chaulcer, wrote many stories with quite a bit of a “tongue in cheek” drawl. His Canterbury tales (known for it’s tom foolery) and Nun’s Priest’s Tales makes a reference to April1st, but there isn’t any hard evidence, although I can’t see why Chaulcer wouldn’t approve of a day like this.

There are some references to a festival of fools, but I digress if I were to continue my research I’d be down the rabbit hole for days. SO let’s pivot to the now, April Fools Day is perfect to get one over on a friend, co-worker, significant other, etc. Pranks whether by word of mouth or action. However, with social media at our fingertips we can prank worldwide AND in real time.

I myself enjoy a good prank, but sadly I’m not fond of those that can harm or debase a person. April Fools is a day for laughter and not to be done in a harmful manner, I know I’m not the only one that has seen videos that play at random. With that I say enjoy a good laugh and be kinds to others.

As Always Keep On Brewin!