The good news is it is not so dry I have no green at all in the flowerbeds or pots: the weeds are hanging tough! Unhappily, I lost some plants. I gave up watering sooner than I should have. Well, it’s dark now at 7:00 PM, and the ground is rough. The grass is brown...
I had forgotten that May in Maryland is often chilly and rainy. In Texas May was most often sunny and warm – our garden was indescribably colorful. On many early sunny May mornings, even the weeds look good! But, frankly, May makes weeds in Maryland look good, too –...
These are times that make me wonder what I am wired for. It certainly is NOT the twenty-four hour news cycle! We just aren’t wired for this much information, my friend observed. A true truth: as the world enters its third week, more than a few of my wires feel...
The pandemic goaded me to paint an owl that looked like I felt! Will Rogers shows me 2020-2022 isn't the only hard spell Americans have had. It was one of the first little paintings I did back when I thought the pandemic would last maybe a couple of weeks. Somehow,...
The garden this year, 2021, is better understood as a few flower beds, overflowing with Black-eyed Susans, marigolds, roses, a few echinacea, and hopefully sunflowers, which are dawdling. The crepe myrtle flourishes! And here’s a little sketch of me wrestling the hose...
Gardening and reading — or listening to good books — occupy my imagination and keep me steady. Heaven knows they are better topics to engage than most today! As Mother’s Day passed, when I knew I might safely plant, I stuck some seeds and and bulbs in the freshly...
I wondered aloud if today would be the day, I would take the Christmas tree down. Then, I went on to wonder other things. No sense thinking too long and hard about something that is not happening! Doug agreed. He wondered if somehow the dining room table might be,...
Don’t Look Back my owl meme counsels: You aren’t going that way. But I still look back over last year’s journal entries. I am looking for any premonition of the trouble that defined 2020. Nada. Unaware I was; totally. But, I noted some advice that now seems...
To date, I have finished 50 paintings, more or less. At least five more await completion. A few of these have been languishing years; three, a few months. Others, though, have moved to other homes! Trying to get these framed for a show would be . . . expensive. So,...
I didn’t notice it until bedtime, but I wore mismatched earrings, one gold, one silver, all day. No one else did either; a bona fide benefit of social distancing! Still, I gave myself ten points for remembering to put on earrings, right? STRESS is not a reliable...
Over the years, I discovered one thread is woven through many discussions of eczema: emotional wellness. Stress and anxiety can be as effective triggers of an eczema flare as fragrances, and other environmental factors. When the skin doctors once asked if I felt...
Four days into August, and I am not sure what happened to July. Days are moving fast, even if I'm not. Time flies so quickly, I can't remember if I have anything to complain about. Which I guess is good, right? Oh Hello August! August descendeth like a sigh, to keep...
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