Today I welcome author Katey Howes whose fifth and sixth books were published four months apart. When we chatted about which book to celebrate we decided that the most recent one, Woven of the World, illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova had received a lot of attention since it’s release in February, and it would be funContinue reading “Welcome Author Katey Howes – Giveaway Alert”
Tag Archives: Garden
Morning Stars
The garden provides ever changing scenery Morning glory stars đ âïžđ
Chicago Botanic Garden (micropoem) part two
A quinceañera photo shoot on a beautiful rose garden day children gather to watch. Overheard, “Do you see the princess?” “May we say hello to the princess?” Children kept at bay, eyes fixed on the beauty, until …. “Aren’t we lucky we saw a princess today?”
Flowers make me happy
Cactus flower while hiking Chautauqua in Boulder Aster near James Creek White wildflowers Snapdragons in the garden
Hummingbird in the water
The glorious feeling of cool water brought this hummingbird to the garden on Friday afternoon.
Mother Nature has a sense of humor
October 2 and we have snow. I’m still new to the weather patterns here in the Rockies. If you’ll notice, the mini snowman is adjacent to plants that are still happily growing. The photos above are from a nearby hike less than twenty-four hours ago. Full fall colors and mostly blue skies. This exquisite flowerContinue reading “Mother Nature has a sense of humor”
Bountiful Harvest
The joy that comes from eating what you’ve grown with your own hands and hard work, planting seeds, watering them, patiently waiting to see what will grow is a primal. Our vegetable and herb garden has been truly a magical part of our summer. Some of our plants were lost to rabbits, squirrels, and chipmunksContinue reading “Bountiful Harvest”
A Morning glory grows in NederlandÂ
When winter was still going strong, I dreamed of spring and summer. I dreamed of flowers, herbs and fresh vegetables. It’s a leap of faith planting seeds inside in order to have plants in the ground 2 months later. I’m not known for a green thumb but my extreme optimism makes up for it. Plus,Continue reading “A Morning glory grows in Nederland “
HummingbirdsÂ
â â It’s a luxury to watch the hummingbirds visit my beautiful garden. I can only hope that they take time to admire the beauty while they go about their busy day.
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