Let’s go backward in time, shall we? Today. This afternoon. I made this scrumptious smoothie. Peach-nectarine bliss. Sounds like a good name for it, right? I haven’t made enough smoothies this summer. Seems like a goal for the next few weeks. Perhaps I’ll have some more tasty photos to share. […]
What’s my theme?
I was looking through my Instagram stream the other day and it’s apparent that I have three go-to subjects when it comes to photos. 1. Cats! Everywhere. (I love dogs. Yes, I do. But J doesn’t really appreciate the camera. So fewer of her.) 2. Foliage. It’s that time of year, […]
Four Mondays in a row!
For some reason, I’m in a bit of a pattern here. Snap photos over the weekend. Post them on Monday. I’ve actually become quite offline-focused over my weekends. So much so that people are a bit amazed that I didn’t see a Facebook post or respond to their email. I’m in […]
The first official weekend of summer
Summer is officially here. We’re doing our best to get outside, but also to get things done. Sometimes it’s hard to do both. But I managed it this weekend when I finally painted our coffee tables. I set them up in the garage and did cleaning between coats of paint. […]
Words by me, photos by my sidekick
It’s the time of year when I begin assaulting my viewers with photos of my garden. It’s all the pent-up eagerness that I can’t contain after months without blooms in my yard. But…I don’t have everything planted yet so I’ve been restricted to the tulips and emerging perennial leaves. So where […]
A study in tulips
My backyard is just bursting with blooms right now. The ones I planted out front, however, were ravaged by the squirrels. Or at least I’m going to blame them, even without proof. I have no idea why they’re too lazy to scale the fence and gnaw on the ones in […]
Crazy about daisies
My shasta daisies started blooming last week. Such happy flowers, don’t you think. While the boys were setting up their tent for a backyard camp-out one evening, I started poking around in the garden trying to find different angles to photograph the blooms. It seems that I got a bit […]
A little of this and a little of that
I’ve been having some fun lately creating mini mish-mash bouquets for our table. Whatever’s blooming has been a target. I have no eye for floral design. (Obviously, since I stuck a huge peony in with some tiny flowers!) I’m just going with what feels good and looks cheerful. They last […]
The persistent poppy
I’ve always been slightly smitten with poppies. They seem so bright and happy. And the name fits perfectly. So I planted one in the garden several years ago. Only to have my mom yank it out. Three times. She thought it was a weed. Every time I scolded her she’d […]
Awesomeness
I declare the first day of Memorial Day weekend to have been completely awesome. We did nothing special. In fact we never left the house. Except for a trip to Lowe’s to get lumber. Does that count as special? I pulled weeds, which most people would definitely say is not a […]
