I Did It! Thirty Posts in Thirty Days!

This year I participated in the NoBloPoMo and did thirty blog posts in thirty days. Usually I try to always do a post a day, but this was an incentiv…

A Love for the Works of Wislawa Szymborska

I visited and revisited many poems during my Thanksgiving break. I have so many I want to share, but one that stayed with me was the one below by Po…

A November Tour of the Greenhouse

Even when it was 26 degrees this morning, plants were thriving in the greenhouse. Here are some Thanksgiving week-end photo images.

A November Full of Surprises

As November comes to a close it is nice to reflect on the beauty of the month. I was amazed as I enjoyed sunny blue skies and temperatures above 50 d…

Images of a Peaceful Thanksgiving

Images of our day include a festive bouquet, a cactus soon to be called The Thanksgiving Cactus, and a try at the Apple and Dried-Fruit Spice Pie in …

A Classic at the Maui Invitational

The Gonzaga Bulldogs, my favorite men's college basketball team have been playing in the Maui Invitational the last three days. I have watched th…

Over the River and Through the Wood To Home We Will Go

This Thanksgiving I am thankful for the place I call home. We always love to go over the river and through the woods to Mom's house for Thanksgiv…

She's The Greatest Star

My sister and I have quite a few things in common. We both love good coffee, Funny Girl ,chocolate chip cookies, and gardening.  If you asked us to pi…

The Promise

The promise Creator gives us Comes with every new day, The gift of breath, the gift of life, Opportunities in a vast array. How do we c…

Happy Birthday Cousin Cyndi

Today is the birthday of my cousin Cyndi. We have recently been reconnected on Facebook and learned that we have quite a bit in common. I don't t…

Garden Ghosts

November and December before the snow settles in for the winter are the two months we notice the "garden ghosts". Margaret Roach in her bo…

....remember the time?

brother Raymond Pert  All all he would have to say is, remember the time I came home with a beard and Dad didn’t know me, and we would all laugh,  Raymond…

Ten Places That Make me Thankful

November is a perfect time to reflect on what I am thankful for. Recently time has been spent organizing and reorganizing photos when I need a break …

A Leaf

A Leaf A leaf, one of the last, parts from a maple branch: it is spinning in the transparent air of October, falls on a heap of others, stops, fade…

Sibling Assignment #111: " So Come With Me, Where Dreams Are Born"

Silver Valley Girl gave us our sibling assignment this week. Think back to a movie you remember watching at our house in Kellogg, name the movie, wha…

Sibling Assignment #110: Enjoying the Quiet

Raymond Pert gave the sibling assignment last week: The surprising, shocking, soaring Idaho Vandals are off to a 7-2 start and, for me, it stirs memo…