Just for pretty, in no particular order, the ‘pile presents a pile o’ posies.                                 […]

I’ve been ambling around the photo archives, revisiting with today’s eyes what I saw with years-ago-eyes. Here’s a group of some of those photos, mostly from 2010. The first half […]

The walk is nearly over. We leave the field and head back to the house. Before leaving, we take a tour of Christa’s gardens. “Hey! Look at this!” called young […]

We have come out of the woods, and now walk along the shore of the Great Pond. It’s a good time to take a break for some play.    Along […]

The “crew” sets off for the weekly walk. Coquina frequently looks at who she’s with. It’s endearing to have a dog who maintains eye contact with a person. I look […]

You’ve met Coquina. Meet Okini. Okini and Coquina are almost exactly the same age. Okini is a little smaller, but has just as much energy and zip as Coquina. Coquina […]

When Coquina comes inside from the rain, she’s wet, so she gets dried. For some reason, she thinks a towel is fun. That’s good! Here’s what happened a couple of […]

Ten years ago, on an excursion in the middle of the afternoon on a hot February day, I regarded a rock in a roadside cut bank. One rock was an […]

Raininess and grayness have been this springs consistent theme.   The spring warm-up has been “backwards”, as in “slow”, but we have been without sharp swings of temperature, which is […]

I remember learning, back when I was studying sign painting and lettering, that letters don’t just flow out of your brush. You have to learn how a brush behaves…and how […]