As the leaves continue falling and the temperatures drop along with the leaves I am reluctantly saying goodbye to the warm half of the year in Minnesota. It’s always a bittersweet day when I switch from my summer wardrobe to my winter wardrobe. Yesterday I made the switch. All of Read more…
“Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields…Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.” ― Mary Oliver
As I woke up this morning and opened my eyes, Gracie, my cat, was peering intently at my face, with her big glowing eyes only about 2 inches from my eyes. While it momentarily startled me to see her glowing eyes staring at me so intently, it also started my Read more…
Quote of the day: “My father laughed. ‘The magic of Summer,’ he said, ‘is unlike anything else. Imagine life, fertility, laughter, joy, ripening fruits and the smell of fresh bread baking in the morning. That is Summer magic.’ “— Kailin Gow, Bitter Frost It’s been a perfect open window weather Read more…
Quote of the day: ““Every artist was first an amateur.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Saturday I took an old friend out to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, one of my favorite places. It was a perfect day, sunny and bright, warm but not too warm, with a slight breeze. The summer flowers were in Read more…