Zoom! Zoom! Ka-Boom! Aggression rages outside my kitchen window – thanks to one particular alpha male. With all his speed and might, this guy slams his body into another male. Zoom! He’s back to his guard post. This mighty hummingbird perches protectively on a chain that supports a sweet nectar feeder. A few seconds later, [...]
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Friday’s Fresh Five! (5/18/12)
Posted in About me, Creativity, Entertainment, Gardening, Helping Others, inspiration, Organization, Recycling, Uncategorized, tagged blog, Caroline Casey, DIY project, HD video, Helping Others, hummingbird facts, hummingbirds, inspiration, inspiring others, life, moving beyond limitations, nature, paint can coat hooks, Project Yosemite, quote, repurposing paint cans, TED talks, Thomas Merton quote, time lapse video, Yosemite, Yosemite HD on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Friday’s Fresh Five! (5/11/12)
Posted in About me, Art and Crafts, Health, Husbands, In The Kitchen, inspiration, Recycling, Uncategorized, tagged art made from fishing nets, blog, codes on plastic bottles, dogs, exerise for sedentary people, fishing nets, food, gelato, gelato versus ice cream, gretchen reynolds, Health, health tips for sedentary people, Helping Others, ice cream, ice cream compared to gelato, inspiration, janet echelman, life, recycling plastic, swimming dogs, Zen quote on May 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Running with unbridled joy, Buster, my “grand puppy,” leaps into the air and performs his signature belly-flop into the water. Quickly, he locates his float-toy, snatches it with his mouth, dog paddles back, drops the float on the ground, sprays water over everyone as he shakes it off, and then barks a resounding “Let’s do [...]
Moving On
Posted in About me, inspiration, Kids, Parenting, Uncategorized, tagged a mother's point of view, blog, children growing up, children leaving home, growing pains, inspiration, life, life's lessons, lifetime opportunity, little boy grows up, mothering, moving on, Parenting, reflections of a mother, sons, when a child leaves home on May 8, 2012 | 6 Comments »
A long embrace and a quick murmured, “Love you. Take care of yourself,” and he was gone. My firstborn, who has always marched to his own drumbeat, is moving on with his life. Although I am extremely grateful for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that awaits him in New York City and for the fact that he [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (5/4/12)
Posted in About me, Aging, Entertainment, Health, In The Kitchen, inspiration, Recipes, Uncategorized, tagged Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, blog, facts about strawberries, food, fruit, homemade face mask, inspiration, juicy strawberries, life, Mother Teresa quote, natural beauty aid, natural face masks, online magazine, preventing Alzheimer's, random things, strawberries, strawberry facial mask, strawberry recipes, strawberry smoothie, strawberry trivia, things to do to stave off Alzheimer's, Wall to Watch, web magazine on May 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
They’re finally here! After a seemingly long wait, the little strawberry stand down the way from my home finally reopened. Baskets overflow with big, red, ripe, juicy strawberries and customers eagerly stand in line to get some of the first-of-the-season beauties. They are just one of the reasons I love spring! #1 – Strawberry Trivia [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (4/27/12)
Posted in About me, Art and Crafts, Creativity, Gardening, Health, Helping Others, In The Kitchen, inspiration, Recycling, Uncategorized, tagged art installations, blog, change your morning routine, Do Ho Suh, Health, healthiest spices, healthy spices, Helping Others, herbs and spices, inspiration, life, morning power questions, morning rituals, questions to ask yourself, quote, Repurposing, reusing old hoses, roses, spices, start your day right, thought-provoking art, uses for old hoses, wabi sabi, ways to reuse hoses on April 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Bending to the wind and rain, the rosebuds looked as if they were praying. The first bloom of the season is usually the best, but this year the roses in my garden tempted fate by making their first appearance during a storm. Days later, with the sun on my back, I walked through my garden [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (4/20/12)
Posted in About me, Art and Crafts, Community, Creativity, Gardening, In The Kitchen, inspiration, Recycling, Uncategorized, tagged art, Benjamin Hoff quote, blog, compost, composting, composting paper products, composting toilet paper tubes, creatives photographs of food, Creativity, earth day, farmer's markets, food art, green hotels, Helping Others, inspiration, life, nature, Recycling, the Tao of Pooh, tips on how to shop at farmer's markets, toilet paper tubes, urban hotel, ways to be green, ways to help the environment, Winne the Pooh on April 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This tree. This beautiful weeping cedar, a graceful perch for so many birds, is dying. It’s just a tree, I tell myself. But nonetheless, for over sixteen years, without any special wants or needs, this tree’s long, downward-growing branches covered with silvery, grey-green bursts of needles created an elegant archway into my garden. Now, it [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (4/13/12)
Posted in Art and Crafts, Community, Entertainment, Helping Others, inspiration, Photography, Recycling, Uncategorized, tagged art, arts and crafts, blog, brain games, brain quiz, DIY project, earth day, Helping Others, inspiration, life, mental fitness, mental floss, moon, moon moral, moon quiz, moon story, moonlight in a jar, nature conservancy, painting mason jars, paintings, pedro campos, realistic paintings, Thomas Merton quote, ways to help earth on April 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Cradled in the arms of trees, the moon rested. Stars and planets hovered subserviently nearby, knowing that the bright light emanating from the full moon dimmed their own magnificence. But, if the truth be told, the moon didn’t want to stand out – he longed to be in the night sky clustered together with the [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (4/6/12)
Posted in About me, Art and Crafts, Creativity, Helping Others, In The Kitchen, inspiration, Recipes, Uncategorized, tagged andy rooney quote, art from tape, art using common objects, asparagus, bamboo skewers, blog, dress a girl, grilling asparagus, Helping Others, Hope 4 Women International, inspiration, life, pillow case dresses, spending time with the right people, tape art, Tape Melbourne, Things to do for yourself, things to do to help yourself, things to start doing for yourself, ways to help yourself on April 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ever have one of those days? Years ago I snapped this photo of a colorful art installation at the Biennale in Venice, Italy. When I accidentally came across the photo today, I thought to myself, “It’s an illustration of how I feel at this moment.” All my jumbled thoughts are somehow perfectly tied together! #1 [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (3/30/12)
Posted in Art and Crafts, Community, Creativity, Health, Helping Others, inspiration, Photography, Style and fashion, Uncategorized, tagged blog, breaking in shoes, chain art, first impressions, harper lee quote, healthy recipe substitutions, inspiration, life, sculptures made from chains, Seo Young Deok, smartphone apps, smartphone camera apps, tips for breaking in shoes, to kill a mockingbird on March 30, 2012 | 2 Comments »
First impressions of this flower might be: prickly, exotic, and tropical. In actuality, this safflower is soft, familiar, and grown in areas with long dry seasons. The lesson here is that first impressions can be deceiving. Frequently, first impressions are instinctual, emotional, and based on uninformed beliefs. To try to live our lives with more [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (3/23/12)
Posted in About me, Aging, Art and Crafts, Creativity, Entertainment, Health, Helping Others, inspiration, Recipes, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged 3-D, asparagus, asparagus recipe, birds, blog, healthy recipe, Helping Others, inspiration, interesting facts for a given year, Jim Rohn quote, life, paint and resin, painting goldfish, recipe for roasted asparagus, Recipes, Riusuke Fukahori, spotted towhee, time around the world, time zones, vegetable recipe, vegetables, what happened in, what happened in my birth year, what happened when, world times on March 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »
It was raining cats and dogs when I spotted a pretty bird perched on a tree in my yard. While other birds ate ravenously in the pelting rain, this Spotted Towhee was resting and taking in the sights. Here’s a lesson for us all – even in undesirable conditions, it’s always good to sit, regroup, [...]
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