Searching for a Balance

Since taking this picture I have changed to my floral summer curtains and washed the window. I'll have you know.

row of flags at Rockefeller Plaza, New York

How fast things can change - one minute you're over here, the next over there. And you never expected it. After making my own yogurt s...

We're having a little heat wave, which is okay with me, because I have been longing to get entirely warmed up.  But it's tough on ...

after a day full of gray.

I knew Dolly was pining to go outside; I threw an old quilt under a tree. A sturdy basket held whatever I could possibly need.

Debra had a birthday so we went to our favorite lunch place, where the food is good, the staff all so lovely, local artwork (for sale) on th...

The catbirds are back - I heard one just now.  I have a fondness for them; they're related to my favorite, the mockingbird.  I don...

This wooden cat is a gift from Tootsie's people; it was made by a 90 year old man on Pitcairn Island from miro wood .  The color is ...

Last month our forsythia only bloomed on a small patch on the end of a row - and we have lots of it! It looked pitiful but I knew that our l...

Praise God in his holy place, praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his powerful deeds, praise his surpassing greatness. ...

Tootsie's people came to get her this afternoon. She was pleased to see them. While they were telling about their trip, she disappeare...

I made these bars today.  They were very easy, and oh so good.   And then I walked some over to Debra's, in time for her...

Today she knocked over a large mug of water, all over my floor onto some packages.  Right now she's sleeping in my hamper - very cute...

Making it a point to eat more salad.

I've been threatening to paint the inside of the front door, and I finally did it. Kind of a deep teal-ish, mixed up to match a stool w...

The grass in a large field on the main road in town is bright yellow. Every time we go by we wonder at it.  It can't be dry grass -...

from the gold of sunset.

I guess you really can get used to anything, because it's been going rather well, this shifting and herding of cats. Except for one epi...

Those metal buttons that came on the jumper were bugging me, so I changed them. Just right.

for somebody who's got a cold.

It's Dolly's birthday today.  A cat's thirteen is 68 in our years; that's older than we are. I don't like to think ...

Cheryl and I went to Boston yesterday - to meet Val !  Such fun! We arrived first, and waited in this park for Val. Cheryl, in he...

I saw him climb right up there, no problem.  I think the hole gives something to grab onto.

even dirty dishes are transformed.

When Lent began, I thought it would be good to have a project to work on a little at a time. I poked around my pinterest boards and decided ...

I opened the front door after work to get the mail, and surprised him on the step  -  he's coming more often now. Then he sunned hi...

Tootsie has returned for another visit. It goes like this: my brother feeds them in the morning, shutting Dolly in his room to eat s...