we have BLUEBERRIES!!!

ok, we have two blueberries. when you grow your own fruits & veggies & they become edible, it is like a holiday!

living art

Hobbes looks beautiful now matter where i happen to find him

i will always consider him my first…

husky. i was living in Burlington, Vermont, in 1990…i looking for a new apartment. my boyfriend suggested his friend’s house, he rented out rooms of his beautiful Victorian house. i met his friend…Gavin was a bit intimidating, but he had brought along his husky, named Kahn, to meet me. to see if we would suit…

i found Vermont in Alabama

Petals from the Past 16034 Co. Rd. 29, Jemison, Alabama 35085 These gardens reminded me of my mother’s perennial beds in Montpelier, Vermont. The gardens she would dig in the dirt, swearing under her breath at the deer that had eaten her bulbs. She called the deer, Bulb Breath… The style of gardens surrounding the…

my great grandfather “carried a museum in his pocket”

In 1923 the “Royal Society of Miniature Painters” (England) changed their name (with the King (King George VI ?)of England’s approval) to “The Royal Society of Miniature Painters and Sculptures” to allow one American, my great Grandfather, Louis Rosenthal. Louis Rosenthal (1888-1964) was a famous sculpture. These pieces i photographed belong to his Grandson, my…

I asked for the sun, he delivered

My husband took down some trees to bring more light into the gardens. This man i married can build me flower beds, carry 30 bags of dirt in which to fill them. & he can bring me the sun.