Hanging Out with Grandpat

Just an 80 -plus -year- old grandmother who is keeping her mind active by posting some simple blogs from time to time. This gives me something to do that is somewhat creative each day. I have to remember how to take a few photos and once taken how to add them to my blog. Feedback is welcome. Photos by me unless otherwise noted.

Thursday, April 20, 2023

My Irises

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 I have several different kinds of Irises, and each one is my favorite!   Which is your favorite?
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

My Yard in Bloom

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 It has been beautiful here this week! Saturday trips to the local nursery meant I have some new plants.
Saturday, June 20, 2020

White Stone Scavenger Hunt on Davis Street

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Stones with questions that had to be answered.  Families on our street recently completed a White Stone Scavenger Hunt where 12 white st...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Letters to my Grandchildren Summer 1951

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Joan and George.  While I loved to pick cotton, I was not too fond of chopping cotton, de-weeding, and thinning out the plants.  However...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Hanging Out With Rebecca, A Clothes Horse, on Patreon

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Apple blossoms by Rebecca A Clothes Horse. It is such a dreary, rainy, cool day here that I spent some time this morning on Patr...
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Patricia Palmer aka GrandPat
Raleigh, NC, United States
I am a retired college professor (botanist) who likes to travel. Several years ago my husband and I were planning a trip to Italy and our children suggested we write a blog about our trip so they could keep up with our travels. That's when I set up a blog gaddingaboutwithgrandpat.blogspot.com I came to enjoy blogging and I continued after our trip.I noticed that many of my blogs involved food and cooking, so a friend suggested I write a blog about learning to cook. Learning to cook was one of my goals in retirement. That's how my blog botanistcooks.blogspot.com came to be. These days I seem to be cooking more and gadding about less. Blogging has become a hobby in retirement. Now with the Covid19 keeping me in stay-at-home mode, I have changed the name of my blog to Hanging Out with Grandpat, since I am no longer gadding about.
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