I find there is still beauty to be found with those things on their way out of this world. I tire easily of those who think that purpose is over at a certain age.

This is titled “Lean On Me” showing the soulful beauty of spent flowers.

"These are two flowers I picked out of some memorial arrangements at the time of my mother’s passing several ( Read more... )

We love apples ( Read more... )

I'll title this one "Cutting An Apple for the Girl ( Read more... )

When I get up early enough and walk through the house I notice the first light coming in some of the windows is so soft and beautiful. This morning I noticed the light that was coming in the little back bathroom window just glowed in the darkened room. This light only lasted for a few minutes and I barely had time to get my camera before it ( Read more... )

I am a person who rarely laughs out loud. I smile a lot, and inside I think many things are funny, but as far as laughing out loud….that just doesn’t happen very often for me. I have a friend who when she tells me a funny story (or what she thinks is a funny story) and I don’t actually laugh out loud, she gets offended and has to always say, “Oh ( Read more... )

I have been thinking about my Mom so much lately. Usually there's hardly a day goes by that I don't think of her in some way, but just lately so many thoughts and memories have flooded my mind ( Read more... )

Have you ever had certain or favorite pictures just stick in your mind....well, forever? I think of this picture so often and love going back and looking at it. I really don't even need to find the picture, I think it is etched in my brain ( Read more... )

It seems like it’s been many weeks of waiting . . . it has been one week, I believe. Many, including myself, just want whatever is going to happen to happen so we can begin to recover, rebuilt and work on getting back to normalcy here. The waiting, the fear building up, then subsiding slightly by some bit of news, is what drives me crazy ( Read more... )

Here is my favorite cookbook, a wedding present from my Mom in 1965.

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Thinking of my Mom today and quietly celebrating her birthday with some bittersweet memories ( Read more... )