“I hope it snows tonight.” “I hope it snows enough to cancel school tomorrow.” “Please, please, pretty please, I hope it snows tonight.” We awoke this morning, and not even a “Good morning” came out of his lips before he inquired, “Did it snow?”
Archive for the ‘Natural World’ Category
Please, please, please
Posted in Idiosyncracies, School, Seasons on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tulip Buds: 23 and Counting
Posted in Family, Idiosyncracies, Tulips on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As of today, there are 23 tulip buds poking their way up through the dirt under my three front windows. I have been counting daily.
Wintry Thoughts of . . . Tulips
Posted in Family, Flowers, Legacies, Natural World, Seasons, Tulips on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Although it’s January, and should be too early for thoughts to turn to spring, my eyes caught sight of a planter, rather desolate in location (back stairs to an office building, concrete steps, leading out to a grocery-store/Starbucks style alleyway), with a nondescript tree, and, at its base, small green shoots poking out of the […]
Winter Wonderland
Posted in Children, Cooking/Food & Wine, Friendship, Natural World, Photos, Reminiscences, Travel, Writing on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m on a weekend snow trip, which, for those who know me, is a strange thing to hear from me. Having grown up with snow, then choosing to leave it, I am not usually one who seeks out how to return to it.
Psychic Slowdown
Posted in Beauty, Photos, Relaxation, Roses, Travel on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I spent some time over the weekend strolling through Portland, OR’s rose gardens (there are two, go figure – I thought there was only one). I brought my low-end digital camera, and just started walking, stopping whenever color, form, or curiosity moved me.