To the Little Flower Farmer

A big thank you.
2010 brought to me
a gift from you.
I saved it.
It has become
my favorite photograph
of the whole year.
A single shot
taken at an unusual angle.
I can still remember
the strength of the stem.
the softness of the petals.
The deep amber shade of yellow
the beautiful green fuzziness
in a parched August field.


Summer Sunshine.
Thank You.
With love and hugs.
xo

Across the Miles...

May your day
and night
be shiny and bright!

Happy Birthday, Kim!

With love and hugs,
xo

Ice

"Take a course in good water
and air;
and in the eternal youth of Nature
you may renew your own.
Go quietly,
alone;
no harm will befall you."
~John Muir

Beaver Pond Ice 2010
Happy Wednesday!
With love and hugs.
xo

"Let us love winter,
for it is
the spring
of genius."

~Pietro Aretino

Happy Tuesday!
With love and hugs.
xo

Christmas!

May you have
the Gladness of Christmas
which is hope;
the Spirit of Christmas
which is peace;
the Heart of Christmas
which is love.

~ Ada Hendricks~

Happy Christmas!
With love and hugs.
xo

A Christmas Card For You!

All is calm,
all is bright!

Hope you enjoy the peace
and stillness
that only comes
on Christmas Eve.

With love and hugs.
xo

To the Dreamers

"I know you say
that I'm a dreamer
but I'm not the only one
I hope someday you
join us
and the world will
live as one."
~John Lennon~

Peace, Joy and Love.
xo

All Aboard!

The Polar Express
is warming up for her route
from Boston
to New York City-
to deliver
my little 'Rolling Stone'
and her special someone!

Hearts return home for Christmas.

Happy Wednesday!
With love and hugs.
xo

Deep and Dark December..

Winters Solstice...
..With the slightest trace
of jingle bells.


Happy Tuesday!
Brrrr.
With love and hugs
xo

Long Night Moon

Tonight's Full Moon
is higher in the sky
than any other during the year.
The world will experience
a Lunar Eclipse tonight
which happens to fall
on the same day as
Winter Solstice
for the first time since 1638!
~Wikipedia~

Happy Monday!
With love and hugs.
xo

A Holiday Home Recipe...

Let it be full of..
Equal parts.
Love, Hope, and Peace.

Happy Sunday!
With love and hugs.
xo

Happy Saturday!

Hope you're jolly!


With love and hugs.
xo

Crackin' Up

I was surprised to see
Mr. Squirrel enjoying a
little ice snack
after his jaunt of
cracking up the ice
on our pool cover this morning!
Happy Friday!
With love and hugs.
xo

Peace My Brother

"He who has
a why
to live
can bear
almost
anyhow."
~Frederich Nietzsche~

Miss You, Jim.
Forever Love and Hugs,
xo

Keep Looking

"The virtue of the camera
is not
the power it has to transform the photographer
into an artist,
but the impulse it gives him
to keep on looking."
- Brooks Atkinson

Have a Happy Tuesday!
With love and hugs.
xo

Gold

"All the gold
which is under
or upon
the earth
is not enough
to give
in exchange
for virtue."
~Plato

Happy Sparkle!
With love and hugs.
xo

i can

i do it
because i can.
i can
because i want to.
i want to
because people said
i couldn't.

~pro baseball player~

Happy Sunday!
With love and hugs.
xo

On Time

"The days are long,
but the years
are quite quick."
~Anon

Happy Home Sweet Home.
With love and hugs.
xo

Hope

"Once you choose hope
anything's possible."
~Christopher Reeve

Happy Monday!
With love and hugs.
xo

Miss Mel...

...tons.
One year.

xo

Flor de Maio

The "May Flower"
also known as the Zygocactus
grows naturally in the mountains
of Rio de Janeiro
in Southeastern Brazil.
They are commonly called
Christmas cactus this time of year
because this is their time
to bloom naturally in
the Northern Hemisphere.
They love bright light and
cooler temperatures.
A variety of colors,
pick your favorite and
give one a home!

Happy Saturday!
With love and hugs.
xo

Light

"Dare to reach out your hand
into the darkness,
to pull another hand
into the light."
~Norman B. Rice

Brrr....
Happy Thursday.
With love and hugs.
xo

December

"From December to March,
there are for many of us three gardens -
the garden outdoors,
the garden of pots and bowls in the house,
and the garden of the mind's eye."
~Katherine S. White

Wishing you
a beautiful December.
With love and hugs,
xo