Happy Easter one day early! Enjoy this Easter photo of my mom proudly standing with her five little girls! This is one of my most cherished photos. Mom made all of our beautiful frilly Easter dresses (see below!)! And every year she would put together these baskets we all have [...]
My friend, Barbara Wollner, from Healdsburg, California sent me this beautiful picture and inspirational poem by Mary Oliver today. Enjoy! Thank you, Barbara, for letting me share this on my blog! Morning Poem ~ Mary Oliver ~ ❖ Every morning the world is created. Under the orange sticks [...]
Enjoy Rick's beautiful images shot through a kaleidoscope: The word kaleidoscope was coined in 1817 by Sir David Brewster. The word comes from the Greek kalos "beautiful" plus eidos "shape" plus scope "to observe". Brewster put the words together to come up with "observer of beautiful forms". [...]
My 82 year old father-in-law, once-upon-a-time owner of an accordion, player of bagpipes, lover of big romantic Russian symphonic melodies, including Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Tchaikovsky, announced, in front of several people, that he actually NOW likes the Beatles! It's 2011, but never mind! Hey, it's cool. Some things [...]
It's been raining and raining (how many straight days of rain was that?) and finally, yesterday, we had a really pleasant day. I think the temperatures reached the mid 50's. It felt warm and spring-like, so Rick and I went for a walk after I finished teaching. I have been [...]