Earlier this month, A.D. and I ventured with a friend to Gettysburg, PA and Dover, DE for a mini-vacation weekend. I talked of our time in Gettysburg last week and this week Dover gets a shout out. A.D. and I...
Every year, like clockwork, I end up battling beetles. They are the literal scourge of my weeping pussy willow and cherry trees as well as my beautiful roses. I tend to blame the former occupants of our home...
We rarely stay directly in the city we are visiting and our trip to Chicago is no different. You can usually save a couple hundred and get reasonable accommodations by staying in a nearby town. We picked a...
I started this post for my Doodle Flower on April 2. It is now April 16. Clearly, something is awry. The day I did the artwork for this post, I felt uninspired and blah. But this little bit got me going...
The discussion this week from Love Art, Happy Life is on being an artist and having confidence in yourself as an artist. I feel like this is applicable to much more than art though, but since this has turned...
A fancy Sunday chicken dinner. Not something that I typically do too much with, but since my father gave me a beautiful 8 lb chicken that he cared for and slaughtered himself, I can not resist. He also shared...
I am ambitious. I procrastinate. I think I am pretty normal in both of those assertions. What am I on about today? Well, often one reads about a way to keep the house clean, workout, eat better, do whatever...
Since I have done literally nothing in photography in the past couple weeks due to the dreary scenery and my wholesale lack of creativity, my weekly roundup is a reflection on prioritizing food choices...