my only treasure

my family, missing only my furry babies. pix taken in Lillian, Alabama. back when we were a bit younger…

battered backyard beauty

others may say it is flawed. i planted it myself & when i cut the roses to bring inside, they outshine any other. because it is mine.

this opening peony looks like a goose tush

shake those tail feathers. peonies remind me of childhood & my mother. my mother loved those peonies way back in the 1970s. i loved them because she did. i am 8 years old & sitting on cold, dark green grass, the taste of the blades so sweet at first, then tasting of old gum. doesn’t…

phones can capture moments

that mean the most. photographs can be art & they can be the best moments captured. unplanned moments that squeeze our hearts when viewed later. at the time, this was my every weekday life. a chore. carpool with my dogs in the back of my old SAAB. I would get my youngest first, then to…