... and he's GONE
posted 28 days ago, updated 7 days later and has 11 comments
Tonight was the night we had to let our beautiful Noah go. I'm crying. Providence, in her care, saw to it that I was home with him all day. Instead of going into DC for 12 hours, I had a training class nearby. I got to the hotel only to find I got...
Faithful Guy
posted about 1 month ago and has 3 comments
Oh, my.
I took this beautiful friend to the vet yesterday. 'Came home crying my eyes out.
'Discussion was about "what to expect" the rest of this year, and "when to euthanize," and "Oh, 13 years is pretty amazing for a German Shepherd to last....
I took this beautiful friend to the vet yesterday. 'Came home crying my eyes out.
'Discussion was about "what to expect" the rest of this year, and "when to euthanize," and "Oh, 13 years is pretty amazing for a German Shepherd to last....
Flag of Flowers
posted about 1 month ago and has 0 comments
Well, this is a lot of flowers!
"The 2002 Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834. This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 p...
"The 2002 Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834. This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 p...
Girls Just Wanna Have Fu-un
posted about 1 month ago and has 1 comment
So, when I drive up to my house, or pull out of the driveway, I greet my flowers. "Hi girls! How yo...
For Memorial Day
posted about 1 month ago and has 1 comment
We have this little painted ceramic tile that sits in the kitchen. We write on it with wipe-off markers. The message could be - Gone to the movies, be back at 10:00, or, if it is a special day, there will be a Happy Birthday message or pray...
Graceful Rain
posted 2 months ago and has 0 comments
You will so rarely hear me complain about rain.
More often, the water inside me recognizes the water outside me and smiles a polite "hello."
Sometimes the torrents inside me recognize the torrents outside me and breathe a deep, gu...
More often, the water inside me recognizes the water outside me and smiles a polite "hello."
Sometimes the torrents inside me recognize the torrents outside me and breathe a deep, gu...
God You are My Mother
posted 2 months ago, updated 6 days later and has 1 comment
God, you are Mother, tender and full, swelled with life.
You are Wisdom, full and complete.
I find myself in the protection of your womb
where you carry me constantly with you.
Your own being nourishes my infant spirit
steadfastly, ...
You are Wisdom, full and complete.
I find myself in the protection of your womb
where you carry me constantly with you.
Your own being nourishes my infant spirit
steadfastly, ...
Sardine Commute
posted 2 months ago and has 0 comments
I went to work early and I stayed late. Too late. Last one in line for the last-bus-of-the-day late. That means that on a bus designed to hold 56 commuters, I was number 58, and I would have to stand.
Okay. “It’s a’right. It’s all good.” After al...
Okay. “It’s a’right. It’s all good.” After al...
Office Job or Garden Job?
posted 3 months ago, updated about 3 hours later and has 0 comments
Office Job or Garden Job?
It is 7:30 in the morning and I get off my commuter bus in downtown DC near the State Dept, to enjoy a 9-block walk to my office. It’s Springtime in DC, so flowering trees and baby greens abound. DC is a major tourist at...
It is 7:30 in the morning and I get off my commuter bus in downtown DC near the State Dept, to enjoy a 9-block walk to my office. It’s Springtime in DC, so flowering trees and baby greens abound. DC is a major tourist at...
Of Mulch and Nameless Weeds
posted 3 months ago, updated 4 days later and has 2 comments
Today was mulch day. Well, yesterday was mulch day too. At the end of mulch day, it’s the butt muscles that hurt! Yowza -- all that bending and stretching.
There are many different techniques for mulching, and I used them all today. There’s the g...
There are many different techniques for mulching, and I used them all today. There’s the g...
