There used to be a gorgeous red rose bush growing in the entryway of my home. It did fairly well in that location but for some long-forgotten reason I dug it up and transplanted it into a perfect spot in the back garden. This dear rose bush has continually thanked me for the re-plant by … Continue reading Rosebud →

The most precious marauder just made a flying leap at the hanging dove feeder that I’d filled up with bird seed only an hour before. Seeing that he is in fact a squirrel and not a bird nevertheless he has moxie in spades which seemed to give him the notion that he could fly through … Continue reading Go For It →

Now THIS is what a proper bougainvillea is supposed to look like. Covered in papery textured “flowers” in riotously brilliant display. What a stunner! That’s not what the bougainvillea on my patio looks like though. It’s not really mine, but the growth that spills over the fence between my neighbor’s place and mine, FEELS like … Continue reading What We Think →

The Joyful Life Magazine REST Summer 2021 I haven’t been posting since March while I’ve been up to other things. So excited to share that The Joyful Life magazine (a beautifully created women’s quarterly publication) included a piece I wrote in their summer 2021 issue. Become Broken is a story written in the heart of … Continue reading Become Broken →

It dawned on me very recently that some years ago, when my father passed from an untreatable and excruciatingly painful bone marrow cancer, he was then only a few months older than I am now. Geez. It was and is a sobering realization of loss, of mortality and of appreciation for this one life. And … Continue reading Breaking Bread →

Just look at what was in the sky as I took a drive up the California coast yesterday. It had been raining off and on for miles. Up ahead in the distance I could see an opening in the clouds above. To my amazement, as I drove on, the open space began to form the … Continue reading Searching For →

On a recent drive I noticed an eager landscape team busy at work on a long stretch of beautifully flowering hedges. They were using what looked like a 3 foot long serrated power saw to put a nice curved shape into said hedgerow. Lovely. But why, oh why, as spring is about to burst upon … Continue reading Cut Away →

Martha Mae Cary spent many hours behind the counter at Graves Flower Shop in Ontario, CA and in the workroom as well, creating bouquets for romantics and wreaths for funeral services. As my grandmother, she transferred her creative skills, her practical talents, and handy life hacks each and every time we were together. She was … Continue reading Flower Shop →