this opening peony looks like a goose tush

shake those tail feathers. peonies remind me of childhood & my mother. my mother loved those peonies way back in the 1970s. i loved them because she did. i am 8 years old & sitting on cold, dark green grass, the taste of the blades so sweet at first, then tasting of old gum. doesn’t…

Pastel blue house

In Vermont? I always think of beachside house in pastel. This color works in Vermont winters~looks great with white snow. I wonder how it looks in the greens of summer. Someday I will own property in Vermont, I don’t care if its blue, purple or polka doted.

Did you thistle?

Scottish Thistle found on a hill top in Vermont. Sharp spikes below the softest, sweetest pink fuzz.

Where I’d like to be

Main Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602. I would also would like to have Diana sit with me.

Stowe Vermont

These photographs were taken by my mother, Maggie.

for my mother

I wish for her backyard to be filled with Peony. Nothing reminds me of Berlin, Vermont more then this stunner.