Okay, I confess. As much as I love photographing flowers, I have no idea what most of them are. Sometimes I take pictures of things and then spend ages trying to figure out what in the world I’ve just photographed. This is one of them.Sadly, flowers and I don’t really… Read the rest...
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At the beginning of the year, I turned my Valentine’s roses into potpourri.
It’s no secret that roses are my favorite flower. I normally dry the flowers my husband gives me, but with a new baby in the house, I was too distracted to do it and they started drooping… Read the rest...
Yellow is Mom’s favorite color, so it’s never a surprise when her garden is filled with daisies and sunflowers and things like these black-eyed susans. She’s got a remarkable green thumb but rarely gets to utilize it because of her autoimmune health issues. Toward the end of summer and early… Read the rest...
Bloggling. That’s what I’ll call it.I don’t know why, but I inexplicably always convince myself that I can maintain more than one blog. I have no idea why I do this, you’d think that after about ten years I’d learn that I can only manage about one. And sometimes not… Read the rest...
I really love statues. This one in particular belongs to my mother, sitting on the corner of her front porch. My father has grown to dislike this statue, wanting to throw her away as she ages and begins to crumble, showing cracks and heavy wear. I’ve always thought that the… Read the rest...
A butterfly enjoying one of Mom’s flowers. Truly, her garden is a wonderful place.… Read the rest...
I’ve brushed on this here before, but it was on my mind recently, so I thought I’d speak about it.There’s an old XKCD comic floating around that summarizes starred ratings on the internet. This is it:
Sadly, it’s quite accurate. As consumers, we want perfection. We want to love everything… Read the rest...