with a soft mossy center

i find this flower so striking in so many ways. I wish I could grow them at my house, but they are a well kept secret for florists only…yes?

smashing garlic therapy

a wonderful way to use up homegrown banana peppers- homemade chili. I was a bit grouchy (always happens when I cook) but then I pretend the garlic is the object of my disdain (at that moment) & pound the flat out of it. Nice. bonus-keeps vampires away or any creature that sucks the life out…

hanging in there

just like all of life’s living things. Doing the best we can, blooming in strange times, hoping to be noticed. I spotted these beauties as soon as I rounded the path.