lit from within

this is how i feel today. this blog is 36 views from half a million!!!!!

how to stop a killer…

 from destroying the soul of a woman. i receive the magazine, Esquire in the mail…love the articles. the April issue…the editor, David Granger wrote about the lives of women(domestic violence, rape, assault). He wrote, “This is unacceptable. This is no way to live. I don’t know if this issue of Esquire can do anything other…

the mirror on my desk

i always thought it was old fashioned to put a mirror, laid flat, on top of furniture. But man, does it make my flowers twice as stunning. The first image is one of my favorite spring annuals, the African daisy. African daisies come in lots of colors & sizes, but the purple are my favorite….

i found this one on the discounted table

i understood why this hydrangea was placed there. At first glance, i thought there was nothing left to take note of. Then i looked a little harder…out of all the flowers i took that day, this one is my favorite. it is a peaceful color, with stunning detail on the back…then to set against a…

how to bring short stemmed FLOWERS INSIDE…

Almost everyone buys a few flowers for outside in the springtime. A side effect to spring fever, i think. We plant them in beds and in pots. But few flowers come with a long stem for our standard size vases. So those who leave their flowers outside, enjoy them for a few seconds as they…

Oscar loves his mason jar

the green behind the jar are the lovely green spider mums. I suppose Oscar is happy because he has diamonds on the floor

the sun is backlit…

i suppose to be truthful, i would have titled this photo as ‘the suns are backlit’ but that would be a bit crazy, right?