My online “journal” is where I record my musings, stories, adventures, discoveries, and capture moments of gratitude.
Don’t you just love things that are cloaked in the patina of time and use? All the scrapes and dents, bruises, and bumps tell a story. They tell their story. But, sometimes they become the catalyst that leads you down another memory lane… to remember your story - like this garden trowel that belonged to my grandmother.
Read MoreWhat summer series would be complete without tomatoes? What can I say? Maybe it’s because, in the words of Ouiser Boudreaux in Steel Magnolias, I am “an old Southern woman…”
Read MoreDandelions look so delicate and fragile. But they are such a remarkably strong, resilient plant - a weed actually. The bain of most gardeners. But, let’s talk about the flowers that turn into a globe of delicate seeds… oh my!
Is there anyone who hasn’t sent dandelion seeds gliding through the summer air with one carefully directed exhale of breath?
Read MoreSummer cherries. When I see all those tiny fruits piled up in the bin of the produce aisle my mind goes racing. I start thinking about how I might make them the hero of a photograph. Next, I start thinking about what recipes to dig out just so I can incorporate these little red beauties as the star ingredient.
Read MoreWhat would summer be without a cool pair of sunglasses? BUT… they have to be C-O-O-L sunglasses.
Need some trivia about the influence of sunglasses on pop culture? I thought you’d never ask.
Read MoreHere we are in the month of July. The daylight is hanging around a little longer, the mercury in the thermometer jumped up, Farmers Market has returned, folks are traveling, children are playing on the slip-n-slide… all signals that we have made it to the summer season of 2021. So, I thought I would start a series just to celebrate all things, Summer.
Read MoreWhen I saw January 15 is #NationalHatDay, I began to think about all the hats I’ve photographed over the years. I started looking through the images I created and wanted to share a few images and memories with you.
Read MoreEach spring, the wildflowers take over the roadsides of Texas. (Thank you Ladybird Johnson!)
The bluebonnets, primrose, paintbrush, wine cups… are getting in full swing. However, it was the sight of these little lovelies that caught my eye. In all the over-the-top pageantry of the season, they tend to be overlooked.
Read MoreNo. The title of this post is not the beginning of a bad joke. A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you my adventure of retrieving some Fall witchgrass that blew into our backyard. In that post, I promised I would share another treasure from the back yard, and this is the post fulfilling that promise.
Read MoreOh, August in Texas. Hot? Yes!!! We are having heat advisories nearly every day. Dry? Yes! So when the skies are full of promise for rain… well, it did not happen on this day. Maybe today.
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