Today is sunny and although cold, one can still see the grass has some green and the hydrangea heads are brown, but there is very little other color. I am a color sensitive person. My preference is for deep, jewel-toned colors and this is reflected in what I take photographs of and even the jewelry…
Our planet is dying. We are killing it. I am not trying to be alarmist or hysterical, I am stating what I, and others, believe to be a fact. What will it take for you to make changes in your life so that your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren can live on a beautiful and healthy…
Have any of you made a mood board? Well, I haven’t either but need to make one for one of my last assignments for grad school. It is to accompany a “Design for Optimal Learning” lesson that I create. Although I know what components I would want to make a design for optimal learning, choosing…
Going out of doors? Dress Warm, The Fall has Begun Take a Blanket, too! He runs! He scores! Goal! All for One, and One for All! Fall Soccer Season Crisp Leaves of Yellow Red, Orange, and Greenish, too. Dot our Hillside Now Eagles Soar and Dive Mississippi Provides Meals Amazing Nature Dark…
I have come to realize that one of the things I prize most in the world is uniqueness. The thought came to me this morning when I rushed to capture the sunrise for the second time in a week, and third time in less than 10 days. Each one deserves a photo and a moment…
Yesterday, my husband and I drove The Great River Road from La Crosse to Osceola, Wisconsin. It was a beautiful fall day and we decided to take a long ride. The whole trip, one way, takes about three hours. The Great River Road refers it State Road 35 in Wisconsin that meanders up the western…
Mostly likely, the largest planting of bulbs that I ever did was at our old house, under a large maple tree. It was the fall of 1999, our first fall in Wisconsin, and I was bursting with our second child. The bulbs were something I could easily do – sitting on the ground and digging…
Brown Landscape with Punches of Green I cannot seem to get over the difference in landscape between the mid-western and southwestern parts of the United States. Although both are beautiful in their own ways, I have to say that I prefer green over brown. Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Yucca Valley, as well as the surrounding…
