Cheers

Hey lady, did you see the birds?

Mr.: Hey, grab your camera, did you see all the birds in the front yard? Me: Um...no, but I did see them in the backyard.  I was just taking pictures of them. Mr: Quick go to the front, there's at least 300 of them. Me: Really?  I didn't see that many?  But I like seeing… Continue reading Hey lady, did you see the birds?

Adventures

A tickled pink gardening tale of sorts

As I watered my garden bed this weekend, I was tickled pink to notice nature taking its own course.  The flowers are just doing their own thing.  It's a good thing they do, 'cuz, um...well, I'm a novice when it comes to helping them excel in their surroundings. The morning glories have run amok and… Continue reading A tickled pink gardening tale of sorts

Inspiration

A sliver of thoughts about a community that will keep turning

It's another morning to be alive.  I'm thankful, no doubt. The thoughts of the last few days remain very blurry to me. I'm sure it is so for the family of the victims too.  The fogginess will remain longer in their thoughts than I can even imagine. I'm so impressed with the maturity of the… Continue reading A sliver of thoughts about a community that will keep turning

Inspiration

Will a hug help?

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight.  Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward.  Your life will never be the same again. - Og Mandino I wish a hug would help our… Continue reading Will a hug help?

Adventures · Emptying the nest

Thank goodness I made it to Tuesday

Have you ever worked your arse off, due to putting off a cleaning project for days, weeks, months, maybe years only to find that holy crap it was a lot of work? My weekend cleaning extravaganza was such a big project, I didn't want to do it.  But I had to.  I had to avoid… Continue reading Thank goodness I made it to Tuesday

Adventures · Inspiration

Bugs galore and flowers we adore

Nature will bear the closest inspection.  She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.  - Henry David Thoreau A random Sunflower plant is growing in my rocks - must've been a mouse or a vole that planted it there?  I love the tiny… Continue reading Bugs galore and flowers we adore