Housekeeping (The Blog Kind)

I'm still learning about organizing and maintaining a blog. This weekend, I'm making some subtle changes to the blog. For example, I added Categories and Tags to all of my posts and now there are handy widgets in the side bar to the right. Want to read every post that is categorized within photography? Well, just click …

Much Work; Little Reward

It's been a hot, hot two days with rain forecasted for Memorial Day. The rain is much needed; I stare at my landscaping beds that look as parched as the Sahara Desert and I wonder if I'm supposed to water them. Then again, maybe a little dying off isn't a bad thing. I have so …

Finally Flowers

Spring came pretty early here and then stalled and stalled and stalled. I left town at the beginning of April, feeling a little sad that I would miss some of my spring blooms. When I returned a month later, nothing much had happened other than some weeds grew. Throughout the month of May, the cooler …

Johnny Appleseed

Warning: This is a long, rambling post. I know I have written about the many landscaping beds in my yard. In fact, my first post was about my umbrella tree. In case you don't remember, I brutally pruned a tree from this  to this. I was sure it was much happier to be shapelier and …

I’ve Been-a Travelin’

I took a little break from life to go visit family and friends for several weeks. It was most lovely to spend a lot of time with my mom and dad. I got see my brother's family for a weekend and see my nephews play soccer. As an added bonus, I spent time with my …