standing on the water’s edge

Killkare State Park in St. Albans, Vermont. Chasing the sunlight before it descends into the waters of Lake Champlain.

watching the elements dance

earth, water, air & fire. the fifth element? aether…”that which was beyond the material world.” people wonder, my own family included, why Vermont has such a hold on me. i’ve lived in Birmingham, Alabama twenty one years. it has never felt like home. my children and my animals have kept me grounded, both literally &…

caught in her beautiful eyes

Someone is a very lucky puppy owner. She looks like a bowl of chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips, don’t you just want to eat her up?! St. Albans, Vermont

Siberian Husky trains puppy NOT to pull

Nala is so good on a leash. She rarely pulls & stops on a dime if i do…yes, i am truly Blessed to have a Siberian Husky (rescue) that doesn’t pull. A rare thing indeed. They are breed to pull, that is what they do. We adopted Cole from the Birmingham Humane Society & i…

the guard dogs looked a lot like sheep…

when i pulled over into the ditch opposite this farm, all i heard was BAAAaaaaa. utterly terrifying. The farm also had a security system, step up to the fence & be attacked by FIRE ANTS. And i had NO idea that one could have sheep in Alabama. It gets so hot & humid, i’ve been…

an Alabama farm…really?!

emu, llama, chickens, rooster, sheep…all in a pasture of fall yellow flowers. it felt more like seeing a gathering of Noah’s animals. It was so cool! ~amy

a museum in his pocket…

The title of this post was a story told to me by my father. Louis Rosenthal was walking around downtown Baltimore with his young son. A man stopped to greet Louis & said to Louis’s son, “Your father walks around with a museum in his pocket” I love that my own son has a drive…