Progress and a flat of basil

Have been scarce finishing the new book, attending to the wedding of my younger son, and generally running from one urgent thing to the next.  But I thought you’d like to know that the garden beds are going in this week! So excited.  A couple of photos.

The winds finally took out the twenty-five [...]

The Reward in Going Away

When I was a child, I loved going to  summer camp.  Girl Scout camp in canvas tents with wooden floors, or much more often church camp (probably because it was very inexpensive and my parents had four kids) in cabins housing 20 girls.   It was the highlight of the summer—getting ready, gathering shampoo and [...]

Tuesday's Random Beauty

 

 

A Martha Washington geranium that’s blooming in the living room window.  I spent a good hour taking pictures of it.  Very restful.  

no matter what, you have to keep smiling

Saw these in a vintage shop on West Colorado Avenue last Saturday. Something about the colors, the ragged edge of that door, the cheery trio of smiles, the suitcase….captured me. I’m still thinking about this.

Thus goes the writer brain. I have no idea why the girls are so VERY pleased with this, but [...]