my lady

We went back for her. She is first cast in cement & then covered in porcelain. She has a few chips. I love her. My husband got her for $20!

waiting for the north wind to end

in Alabama we have spring & then it switches to a killing cold. sitting at the window are mums, Hydrangea & David’s lemon tree. his tree has 6 lemons already. they are as green as a lime & are as small as peanuts or smaller. they continue to blossom, amazing me daily. they look like…

I couldn’t help it

farm house roses. two tone stunning. they had to be mine. it seems that when it comes to flowers, I can’t walk away. I cannot wait to plant my own. we have a raised bed that we’ve been growing veggies in. my husband says he is going to build three more. one is going to…

happily ever after is for fairy tales

however, this man who is holding me in his arms. picked up our deceased Blue. he bought a tupperware container large enough to hold him. he put Blue’s bed at the bottom. he covered him with a soft warm blanket my mother had given to me years ago, with her blessing. He drove 45 minutes…

The car

Long before the controversy of the Boy Scouts started, by son was one of them. I know that they will have a change of heart or I should say wallet, & be the honorable Boy Scouts once again. One of the rights of passage is “the Car” my son & my wonderful husband hold it…

if i brought you a calla Lily-would you curl yourself around me?

said this wife to her husband. But he is not here, so I’ll ask the cat. I love this curly flower, I bought this wonder for 6.99 at publix-where flower models come cheap. NOT that kind of cheap, you dirty minded fool. Get it? Dirt-y. Zantedeschia aethiopica Happy Valentine’s day

stop & go right said the light, but I didn’t

i wished, at the time, that i could go right. because that would be the way I had just come. that path would make me miss my plane, my children, my animals & the very sweet & giving man who let me go, even though he wanted me to stay. So I stopped & waited…

Wings to fly

This picture was taken on a pier somewhere in Florida, by a kind stranger, old enough to know we could out run him if he chose to take my camera with him.  I look happy here, go figure. I think it was because my youngest still loved to snuggle & looked at me as though…