Linked to Cee’s Flower of the Day As always: Слава Україні!! Slava Ukraini!! #standwithukraine Am Yisrael Chai
First flowers
The Flowering Quince has provided the first blooms of 2024. I never know when these shrubs will bloom. Some years it’s as early as December, but this year it’s late February. “Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” – (Luther Burbank) As always: Слава Україні!! Slava…
As long as we sing
Once upon a time I was a singer. I sang at religious services, at weddings and funerals, at local festivals, and other venues. Then I quit singing, for many reasons. It’s time to start singing again. (The photo, from my archives, is of my grandson who has always enjoyed music.) As always: Слава Україні!! Slava Ukraini!! #StandWithUkraine Am Yisrael…
Wandering
Although the weather is very cold here, the snow and ice have bypassed us. I would love to go wandering in the snow… (Photo from my archives) As always: Слава Україні!! Slava Ukraini!! #StandWithUkraine Am Yisrael Chai
Joy revolution
One of my favorite songs. (I took the photo somewhere along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.) As always: Слава Україні!! Slava Ukraini!! #StandWithUkraine Am Yisrael Chai
Looking Ahead
I’ve been absent from WordPress for a few weeks, but my life is changing, and I’m looking ahead at good things to come. As always: Слава Україні!! Slava Ukraini!! #StandWithUkraine Am Yisrael Chai
Music all day
From the moment I wake up in the morning until I go to bed at night, there is music in my house (or in my car if I’m driving.) Once upon a time I played several musical instruments, but arthritis in my hands has made it impossible to play most of them anymore. And I…
Through the fog
Through the woods directly behind my house is a house that has not been inhabited for at least two years. Yet this is the sight that greeted me when I returned last weekend after spending the Thanksgiving holiday away. There have been no people over there since I came home, and the lights have remained…
Autumnal sunshine
“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne Wandering around outside today and trying to get back to taking photos. It was a beautiful day of sunshine and just enough of a chill to make it sweatshirt weather. HYDRANGEA COUNTRY CLEMATIS SEEDHEADS JAPANESE MAPLE…
Unexpected in common hours 