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Grandma's Lavender Iris
Friday - 05/28/2021— You may have noticed (or maybe you didn’t) that I haven’t posted anything for a couple of days. Wanna know why?
May 28, 2021


Say What You Mean
Monday - 05/24/2021 — One of the hardest adjustments I had to make when I moved from Vermont to Georgia back in the early 90s was to underst
May 24, 2021


No Joke This Time
Saturday - 05/22/2021 — I know my Saturday posts are usually funny (or at least mildly humorous), but this one isn’t. The deer have been
May 22, 2021


Diana's Squiggly Crochet
Friday - 05/21/2021 — There’s a big difference between someone whose artistry is with words and someone whose artistry is visual or spatial.
May 21, 2021


Coreopsis
Thursday - 05/20/2021 — Look what showed up on my back porch a couple of days ago! There’s not really enough sun for a Lance-Leafed Coreop
May 20, 2021


Can't Fly Yet
Wednesday - 05/19/2021 — A few days ago I received my morning inspirational email from “The Universe Talks.” I rather liked it, and thought
May 19, 2021


Morning View
Tuesday - 05/18/2021 — While we’re talking about plants, here’s the view I have each morning when I look out the front window. This is a Chi
May 18, 2021


Another Iris
Monday - 05/17/2021 — This one isn’t from my grandmother’s garden. I’m including two photos – one to show you the intricacy of the...
May 17, 2021


Playroom
Saturday - 05/15/2021 — Go outside today. Play. Come back on Monday for another dose of Frannie’s journal.
’Nuff said.
May 15, 2021


The Purple Bag
Friday - 05/14/2021 — So now you get to see what the succulent/mug gift was packed in on Mother’s Day. It turns out the purple bag—see last
May 14, 2021


Mom's Day Present
Thursday - 05/13/2021 — Last Sunday my daughter invited me over to her house to celebrate Mother’s Day. After a lovely lunch, she told me...
May 13, 2021


Dust and Stuff
Wednesday - 05/12/2021 — Today’s post and the next two after this deal with bags. Special bags. A couple of months ago I asked my sister if
May 12, 2021


Vicarious Adventures
Tuesday - 05/11/2021 — My daughter talked me out of trying to skydive shortly after she took Ethan skydiving for his 18th birthday in 2018
May 11, 2021


The Nature Conservancy
Monday - 05/10/2021 — A lot of years ago I changed my will to include The Nature Conservancy. I first learned of the Nature Conservancy...
May 10, 2021


SLIDE!
Saturday - 05/08/2021 — How many years has it been since you’ve been on a slide? For me, it’s been since 1999 when I visited my sister and
May 8, 2021


Dancing with Abandon
Friday - 05/07/2021 — That saying about dancing as if nobody’s watching sure seems to apply in this photograph. I can’t recall a single...
May 7, 2021


Natural Food
Thursday - 05/06/2021 — Yes. I do have some red-topped hummingbird feeders that I keep filled with a mixture of 1 part sugar to 4 parts...
May 6, 2021


Lingering Souvenirs
Wednesday - 05/05/2021 — It’s been a number of months since Wooly Bear went over the Rainbow Bridge, and so most of her long black cat hair
May 5, 2021


Really Dumb
Tuesday - 05/04/2021 — Do you ever have one of those times when, just for a moment, you feel really, really dumb? I had one a little while
May 4, 2021


Celebrating Veronica
Monday - 05/03/2021 — This week I celebrate my daughter’s birthday. Not with her, since the COVID restrictions still apply here in my house.
May 3, 2021
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