Cocoa Days
posted 2 days ago | 3 comments
It's kind of humorous that I enjoy cocoa so much and brought home a youngster named Coco. It's funny that I drink several cups of cocoa a day while young Koco hangs out near me. It wouldn't sound so odd if I called my drink hot chocolate, but from...
My New Pet
posted about 1 month ago | 7 comments
After Rusty died at about age 12, I knew I needed another pet in my life, and Koco is the dog who is now sharing my home. Koco is a boxer mix, a brindle. So many people have told me that boxers make great pets. I am believing it.
Years ago my fam...
Years ago my fam...
Time Alone
posted about 1 month ago | 6 comments
Time Alone
When I was a young teen, sometimes my parents would allow me to stay home alone for a couple of hours while they went to town for groceries or to do other chores. I think I usually spent the time reading but I know I sometimes liked to...
When I was a young teen, sometimes my parents would allow me to stay home alone for a couple of hours while they went to town for groceries or to do other chores. I think I usually spent the time reading but I know I sometimes liked to...
In Memory
posted 2 months ago | 2 comments
My mother died on November 17, 2004. I think about her every day but today it seemed to me to be a good idea to write some of my thoughts about her.
Mom was brave in facing what had to be faced in home life or work or dealing with others. She tol...
Mom was brave in facing what had to be faced in home life or work or dealing with others. She tol...
Keeper of the Violets
posted 3 months ago | 2 comments
When I was in my late teens Mom and I visited one of her friends who gave her an African violet. Mom was the driver of the car and she asked me to hold the violet on our drive home. Alas, the violet didn't live long, and Mom said that it was my fa...
Geranium in Bloom
posted 3 months ago | 4 comments
I have been bringing my geraniums indoors to keep them over winter. They were so pretty this year. I suppose they are really pretty every year. The red of the blooms seemed so vibrant this year and I really enjoyed them.
Indoors, the geraniums s...
Indoors, the geraniums s...
My Experiment
posted 3 months ago | 4 comments
I have had a growing fondness for marigolds. I used to get a few marigold plants from a nursery each spring but never tried to grow them from seeds.
Then I discovered that the spent blooms were full of long, narrow seeds, and finally I began to a...
Then I discovered that the spent blooms were full of long, narrow seeds, and finally I began to a...
Baking Cookies
posted 4 months ago | 9 comments
Today was a perfect day for baking cookies, cool and rainy outdoors, cozy and warm in my kitchen. As I lifted the cookies from the baking sheet to the wire rack, I was filled with a sense of satisfaction. I wondered: Can baking the refrigerated ro...
Delicate Beauty
posted 4 months ago | 0 comments
I was getting ready to go to my grandson's wedding and I had a lot on my mind. I was thinking of my part in the service, providing music, but when I saw this beautiful work of art at the side of the driveway, I had to get my camera and get a pictu...
Not Like the Others
posted 5 months ago | 0 comments
I know that Bindweed is. as it’s name implies, a weed, but its simple white bloom can be very beautiful. In this photo, a bindweed vine has wound itself around the Brown-Eyed-Susans and its one single bloom stands out against all the orange and br...
