What is Blooming at My Place?

Take a garden tour with me to see what has come up this week. The showy color this week is purple as you can see from the columbine above. Honeysuckle…

The First of All Single Colors is White

"The first of all single colors is white ... We shall set down white for the representative of light, without which no color can be seen; yellow…

Out of Sync

Lately I have felt out of sync. We are doing state testing at school so the daily schedule is all messed up. The weather went from a cool 30 in the m…

Gathering Flowers

I don't even remember when I got crazy about gathering flowers and creating bouquets. I collect vases and other vessels to hold flowers. I try to…

Five Garden Requirements

Fifteen years ago when I began to plan my landscaping and flower gardens I knew I wanted five things. The list included lots of texture, blooms with …

More Poetry: The Joy of Writing

The Joy of Writing Why does this written doe bound through these written woods? For a drink of written water from a spring whose surface will xerox …

Mystery Solved

It is tough being a herding dog with not much to herd except all the cats and another dog. I thought Shelby was taking up another skill.... cooking g…

Remembering Lilacs

Memory relies on sight, touch, and sound. Memories that linger on rely on smell. The sight of your childhood home will stir up memories.  Yes, a song…

Camera Crazy

I picked flowers, arranged flowers, put flowers in vases, made my husband hold flowers, and used the window for a background. Enjoy my photo spread o…

Learning To Love Spring

Each of us has a favorite season. Mine has always been autumn. I love it when leaves turn brilliant red and orange. It is time for  fires in the gaze…

Work or Play?

As you study this series of photos it is hard to tell if watching the birds is real work or play. Again, we are thankful the bird feeder is so high. …

Sunshine Mine Fire: Looking Back Forty Years Later

Could it really have been forty years ago that we arrived back in Kellogg from a track meet to have the principal of the school meet our bus and tell…

Merry Month of May

The theme of May NaBloPo Mo is Play. My goal is to post each day in May. Let's see how it goes. Today I played with my camera in the greenhouse. L…