roses, before the deer would eat the blossoms like lollypops

I love these roses. I wish that mine would bloom. But i never thought of deer eating the blossom straight off the plant. We have rabbits eating our strawberries, our blueberries & our roses. Yesterday evening we saw a teenage fox cross the main road around our house. Maybe the fox will scare every animal…

Orange slices

I loved how bright the colors seem when place in a neutral colored environment. They really pop.

Where I find the coolest vases…for cheap!

I find the most amazing vases–at Homegoods or T.J. Maxx. But you do not find them among the vases, you find them with the oils with the sticks…forget what they call that. After the oil disappears, I rinse & then run the glass, the oil came in, in the dishwasher. You cannot find vases like…

old memories…

My son, at two years of age, swimming in Lake Logan Martin, Pell City. My husband took both my toddlers in the water, in the middle of the lake, from my father’s sail boat. I can tell you all those movies with creatures eating people was fresh in my mine. I cannot believe I was…

art & flowers

This begonia blossom landed just like this. My begonia is an artist.

Painting dragons

I found the Hobbit map on the internet & I copied it onto card stock. The dragon–I drew it onto thick card stock & painted it with nail polish. This is a very smelly art project & one I would only recommend for adults, due the nail polish smell. The end result will have people…

My Bat Mitzvah speech or how we conquered Dragons

I was asked by my Rabbi if I wished to say something wonderful about my daughter for her Bat Mitzvah. For him to ask me, was a standard question. But for me, it was akin to asking me to fight dragons.  I told him I would think about it.  I used this delaying tactic for…

The sun isn’t going down without a fight

When I take a photograph in shadows or at dusk, I have to color correct by adding yellow. This is a great example of seeing that shadows, the camera does capture, are blue. Savannah, Ga. @ sunset