This Hydrangea is working so hard, this is my early morning harvest for the week

This Hydrangea is working so hard, this is my early morning harvest for the week

My child #1 helped put them in the vases, I try to teach her life long survival skills. Flower arranging is one, because it will keep you out of the therapist’s office. The pink were bought last year, they were blue when we bought them, but color is decided by the soil in which it sits. So we planted six & four made it- 3 are pink, 1 purplish…These full vases will be put in most of the rooms in the house. There was honey SUCKel, which grows on a vicious vine all wrapped up in my big blue Hydrangea. Honey SUCKel smells good at 50 feet. At 10 feet, it smells cheap & easy, baby.

Who is this child?

Most people fall into a broad category of terms to define who they are. Words I’d use to describe myself would differ greatly from how others would describe me. We all make assumptions on appearance or on a career choice or what schools we attended. The characteristics that are familiar in anyone I meet, I…

A Bat Mitzvah speech for her. Or how we conquered Dragons.

I was asked by my Rabbi if I wished to say something wonderful about my daughter during her Bat Mitzvah.  For him to ask me…was a standard question. But for me, it was akin to asking me to fight dragons. Public speaking or fighting dragons is a toss up as far as which I would…