Usually, on holidays, my posts do not address the holiday itself. But, today is Mother’s Day. I have a Mother and I am a Mother. It is a role I cherish – the most important job in my life. When each of my boys were born, I had different feelings connected with their births. This…
You know you have a lot of life experience when your worlds start to collide. This morning while scrolling through my social media feed, my eyes were drawn to an article on butterflies and how they survive rainstorms. Actually, it was the title and the graphic of the article that attracted me. It was on…
My place in the world is with my Family surrounded by Nature! Where ever that place happens to be: Looking at a late April Snowstorm against a blue sky from our Wisconsin Home (2018), in Bermuda on Horseshoe Bay Beach at Dusk with the love of my life’s hand on my shoulder looking at a…
Last Wednesday, I spent 8 hours ruminating over whether I wanted to support an outside, non-profit gardening group get involved in “assisting” my efforts at the school where I currently work as Garden Club Advisor. Eight hours. It was too much. A proposal was brought forward to the principal and PTO about bringing in this…
Yesterday, in Michaels craft store, I was headed to the check out line. Our local branch of this national franchise of arts and craft stores just relocated into a bigger, brighter, and more organized space. You have to go through a queue to get to the check out. I turned around the last row of…
This is of the known but unlikely visualization of fresh mountain rainforest water meeting the salt water of the Pacific Ocean. It was taken on the island of Kauai at Hanakapiai Beach: The most dangerous beach in Hawaii Beach – a walk in only beach. There are many signs here warning visitors not to go in the water, for many…
I do my share of complaining. I know I do. Some of it stems from just being human. But, some of it also stems from having an extreme sense of justice and belief in what is right and what is wrong. Over the last couple of years, I have complained privately to family and friends…
Below is my submission for Flower of the Day Challenge: Geranium for May 3rd from Cee’s Photography. It is a Johnson’s Blue Geranium in my yard, several years ago. Enjoy its beauty.
For the last two weeks, I’ve been making regular trips to the school gardens I now manage. They are vast and I am not yet done cleaning up the plants, now dead, left to serve as winter interest and perhaps some sources of food for the birds. I am about two thirds of the way…