So thankful.

My heart is singing as I write this — just like the wind in a birch decked out in autumn gold. I wanted to say how very thankful I am for all of you. Thanks for reading my blog, and leaving your comments, and most of all for your friendship. (Photos of this sweet birch […]

Guess what?

(Razzle Dazzle sequin brushes from Katrina at Pugly Pixel. Thanks so much Katrina!) Today I finished the (hopefully) last stamping for the Hero Arts 20100 catalog. It seems somehow appropriate that my living rock bloomed, don’t you think? Can’t wait to show you the photos from my trip to Hero Arts and San Francisco. Yeah! But […]

Come exploring with me!

Did you ever go somewhere you’ve been wanting to go for a really really long time and then you realized that while you remembered to bring your camera, you forgot to bring a battery for it? Well, that’s what happened to me when I went on a Native Plant Society field trip to Fossil Hill, […]

Fall is here!

It was 54 F when I woke up. And I savored every moment of it. I made a piping hot mug of coffee, put on my trusty fleece and sat by the window with J. Then later in the morning I went for my walk and saw this! I have a feeling we’ll have a […]

Pumpkins + blackberries.

J and I were at the grocery store yesterday and there were pumpkins out front. “Nooooooo, not pumpkins!”,  I yelled! (Poor J, I think I startled him.) I mean, I love fall, really I do!  But I’m just not ready for it to be here yet. And the blackberries?  They were up to $5 for […]

Miss Wren

Miss Wren and I are in complete agreement. We don’t care what the calendar says. We’re still in summertime-mode, and we’re going to stay that way for as long as we can. (All photos taken at Borah Creek Prairie in Fennimore, WI.) Miss Wren and I wish you a very happy Labor Day weekend full […]