This morning I picked up a small bunch of delphiniums in the store when I was doing my weekly grocery shopping. Delphiniums are one of my favorite flowers. We grew them in our flower garden beside the house when I was a child, though the variety my mother grew were Read more…
When my children were young, one of my favorite picture books to read to them was The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. It was such a beautiful, simple, and gentle book. “One winter morning Peter woke up and looked out the window. Snow had fallen during the night. It Read more…
It stuck me this morning while I was gazing at my three amaryllis plants in the dining room that what I’m really doing is Looking for God And it’s not just in these flowers, but also in the woods, along the snow covered path in the park, in the sky, Read more…
Every year I make small loose leaf 5×7 inch calendars for my daughters and their spouse/significant other. I try to use only photographs made during the year. So for my 2021 calendar all of my images were made in 2020, except for the December image which I made last December. Read more…
Yesterday was a beautiful December day with temperatures in the mid-forties. When I took my afternoon walk it felt like spring to me. There were still a few tiny patches of snow but not many. And the birds, oh my stars how the birds were singing and flitting from place Read more…