Doves Today

Stone sphinx at Powis Castle Garden, photo taken in 1998 on our first trip In the months ahead, we are going to be travelling to visit our s...

I'm pretty adventurous, and I think I have some street smarts. As a young woman I lived in some pretty scarey sections of New York City,...

Pink Saturday - Beverly at the blog "How Sweet the Sound" hosts Pink Saturday. Let the color pink inspire you! We call them ...

Diving Duck by Ohara Shoson (1877 - 1945) Oh fuck! I almost forgot it's Fuck-a-duck Friday! Sometimes I just don't know which e...

Jack is a real funny guy. When we finish our morning walk, he always wants to dash back in the house by himself. When we start down the step...

This is the old China rose, "Eugene de Beauharnais," and it's the first rose to bloom in my garden this year. It is said to d...

Hiroshige - "Bowl of Sushi" 19th century If you're not familiar with Japanese cuisine, the sushi bar might seem challengin...

It's another year, another spring, and the Pacific Coast Hybrid Iris are in bloom in my garden again. I just can't get enough of th...

The delicate arching stem of the fairy-wand flower - Dierama pulcherrimum - frames our leaping pig wind vane. Happy Spring!