Feathers and Flowers

  This is probably the last sit-by-the-river-in-shorts visit until next June. It's still quite hot during the day, but with a wild 24 ho...

    The big flowers like roses, lilies and dahlias are wrapping up their show for the season, so beauty comes in smaller packages now.    Th...

  Our house is on a busy street corner with 4-way stop signs and crosswalks. We hear the traffic roaring past all the time, and yesterday af...

  Click the below for a short art history lesson. Not a bad way to start the day. "Woman Before the Rising Sun," Caspar David Frie...

  I sat outside after dinner last night watching a flock of excited Bushtits take showers in the sprinkler. The dearest little birds, they a...

  As promised...and happy to report the families safely returned on Thursday after an incredible backpacking trip in the  remote Pasayten Wi...