Caught in the pincushions

These classic lavender colored flowers have become one of my favorites. They last in a vase for almost two weeks-as long as speak sweetly to them, as you trim their toes & and cool their bath water. Some flowers seem to reach for the sun, others close their petals for the night, Pincushions feel as…

Even in your imperfection…

You still dazzle me. Cosmos appear so delicate, but they are very tough, very much like a woman. So cover me in cosmos, mostly white, sprinkle Queen Anne’s lace blossoms on me, just enough to make me sneeze them back up in the air, so I can watch them fall like snow flakes.

Veteran’s Memorial

Names of the fallen carved into cold granite. The names will remain, even time will have a hard time washing the names away. The contrast between the cold grey stone & the sunlit colors of fall is a peaceful one. One represents an absolute end, the other is signaling the end of a season, “and…

I am not kidding

He held it just so. My son has a talent, in case he ever wants to run off & join the circus. I don’t like clowns though.

Our Good Deed

We fostered a Siberian Husky before.  She stayed, you may have seen photographs of her.  This time we are fostering a male.  He has heart worm so badly, they called it double heart worm. His weight is 35 when it should be closer to 65 or 70lb.   He is bones are covered in fur….