Today on a cloudy cold winter’s day I needed to experience some brightness and color. I went to one of my favorite places. It’s My Perfect Winter Prescription… The Tonkawood Greenhouse in Minnetonka, MN. This large beautiful greenhouse is one of my favorite places any time of year, but in Read more…
A Different Kind of December Gifts… Mother nature has been giving us a different kind of December gifts this year. The weather continues to be unusually mild for Minnesota in December, with temperatures in the mid-40’s today and yesterday. The snow that fell earlier this week is rapidly melting. Lakes Read more…
A Beacon of Light Hearing dire projections about and now also seeing real impacts of climate change, has sometimes filled me with sadness for my children and grandchildren and all the people of the earth. Living in Minnesota and loving the trees, forests and lakes so well, I wonder Read more…
Birds Flying High Every time a see a flock of birds whirling and swirling in the air I feel uplifted somehow. When I started paying attention to how I felt when I saw flocks of birds last summer I noticed that I always wanted to capture the moment and feeling Read more…
“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow Read more…