While half of the United States is dealing with heavy snows, blizzard conditions, power outages, and other weather-related issues, the other half, which is where I live, is experiencing record-breaking warm temperatures. We are seeing a different sort of “white stuff”… “A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It…
Amaryllis
My friend asked me to care for her Amaryllis plants while she was away during December. They had been outside in pots, but I brought them home and put them upstairs where they would get plenty of sunlight. (I live in the woods, and the main floor of my house doesn’t get direct sunlight.) Sadly,…
Guarding his property
My neighbors’ rooster “Many of us who aren’t farmers or gardeners still have some element of farm nostalgia in our family past, real or imagined: a secret longing for some connection to a life where a rooster crows in the yard.” (Barbara Kingsolver)
Daffodils
My neighbor’s daffodils are just beginning to open. Linked to Cee’s Flower of the Day
Crocuses
I love the way the crocuses are sheltered by the rock. Linked to Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Spring arrives sooner every year
This Forsythia shrub began blooming at the end of January, although I didn’t take any photos until today. In past years it hasn’t bloomed until early March. Linked to Cee’s Flower of the Day
Holding the promise of Spring
Dogwood buds
Out of focus and “wintering”
I’ve called it “hermitizing.” Others call it “wintering” or hibernating. I haven’t posted here in seven weeks, which must be my longest stretch without a blog post. When not dealing with repairs to my late father’s home and his vacation house or cleaning out the rather large house (tasks which feel as if they’ll never…
He’s come a long way!
Originally posted on Believing for Ben:
Sometimes it’s hard to believe that my little grandson, who at the age of 4 had two brain surgeries that saved his life, went from looking like this… To looking like this today… Ben is only 12 years old, but he is so tall that he towers over me……
Unexpected in common hours 