I've been doing a bit of backyard (and front yard!) bird watching these days and thought you might like an update! The big news is that ...

Every day, someone makes a difference in someone else's life. We may know a person for ages as a friend or even an acquaintance, like th...

I couldn't resist sharing a few photos from my most recent Ditch walk. I couldn't have been more lucky.

"I hug myself till my arms turn blue, then I close my eyes and cry and cry till the tears come down and I can taste them. I love to t...

Sketchbook Revival has really pushed me to try new techniques and practice drawing and sketching as well as painting. So here we have the go...

I remember when I was working and how hectic spring used to be. I sometimes wonder how I managed to have much of a life while I still had a ...

My friend Wally died last week. You've seen his work -- the beautiful images of Paris that hang above my mantel are by Wally. And my per...

The goslings have arrived and the nests all appear empty at the Ditch. Mother Goose is tending her babies! And, it should be noted, the Fat...

Let's just say that after a March with a lot of reading, April was a let down! I guess all that reading time in March was disrupted in A...

A couple of weeks ago, Rick and his musical partner Josh were playing an open mic night in Lansing's Old Town. I wanted to see them perf...

I have the most charming new neighbor!   I don't know if the Chickadee family have had their babies yet, but there certainly is a lot of...

The Ditch is still pretty much a symphony of muted colors and fairly quiet. I think most of the ducks have gone down-under, tending their ne...

Before I start this post, does anyone else who follows blogs with bloglovin' find that their site has been down for about a week? If I d...

Sketchbook Revival continues till April 30 but so far I've filled a lot of pages on my book! I shared the cats and landscape with you HE...

This weekend, many who celebrate Easter will do so on April 17. (Orthodox Easter is April 24.) We celebrated on Palm Sunday with our kidlets...

Spring is trying to break through here in mid-Michigan, although the weather is doing its best to provide the obligatory April showers. It b...

With only two weeks until Easter, it was time to bring on the rest of the bunnies! It may be frigid outdoors here in Michigan -- or not, we...

What draws you to a certain book at a certain time? Maybe it is your favorite genre, a new entry by a beloved author or events swirling arou...

Rick diligently practices his classical guitar every day. And guess what? He gets better and better. In the summer, I paint every day. And g...

Now, this is the way to spend the first day of spring! We hadn't yet celebrated the Big Guy's birthday -- he turned five in Februar...

The sun was so bright, the weather forecast so positive, that I couldn't resist stepping out the front door early in the morning to smel...

Since it's almost spring (and friends tell me it already is meteorological spring -- I wish they'd tell that to the weather here --...

In an earlier post I mentioned a lovely, early March walk to the Ditch. It was 60 degrees, sunny and perfect. The water still looked pretty ...

Shortly after what I view as world lockdown began, March 11, 2020 (the date would no doubt vary from place to place and person to person), I...

Life is so topsy turvy, isn't it? So, when you get a good week, you celebrate it.

February was a wonderful month to curl up with a book and I curled up with a few good ones! The seven books I read took me from the France o...

Rick just left after watching the finale of "Derek" (Netflix) and part of "The Darkest Hour" (a timely film to see durin...

Did you know the national flower of Ukraine is the sunflower? I didn't. Until today. I looked at my Facebook feed and it was becoming ...

The good thing about February is that we see signs that winter won't be forever here in Michigan. Yes, we will still get snow -- maybe e...

More from the digital photo file vault! This revisiting photo files has been a walk down memory lane for me. Today I'm delighted to shar...