One of my favorite activites when in Dallas visiting our daughter is a nice walk. Of course Daisy has to come with us! I love the many flowers on display in Highland Park. Red Bud trees are in bloom. We started in Prather Park then Davis Park. A number of…
With beautiful weather in Colorado we decided to drive to Boulder with our grandsons and enjoy the outdoors. We have to seize the moment with Paxton and Logan as this was a respite from their normal busy student life! We chose the Anne U. White Trail north of Boulder where…
I love a celebration! On one birthday Marla accused me of celebrating for the whole year! Lately, I find even the tiniest weekend dinners for two deserve a little special design treatment at the dining table. Marla is the chef de cuisine in the kitchen so my job is to…
This is a photographic flower journey about travels near and far. A few weeks ago my blog explored my love of flowers. It is in my DNA. I am continually inspired to see Facebook posts of people’s gardens. The image of the lotus above was taken in the…
If the love of flowers is in my DNA I owe it all to my grandfather. He and my grandmother lived with us in the Oakland hills when I was a little boy. The gardens around our home were always lush with an amazing array of flowers of all types…
I want to share one of my very favorite places to experience nature’s exquisite beauty,…the “Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden.” The Big Island is one of Hawaii’s most diverse islands and a fascinating place to visit. We visited the gardens last September and…
I’ve been looking at a bunch of great images lately, especially as this is Denver’s “Month of Photography.”Looking at my digital and film archive is always illuminating as it cracks open my vault of memory. I find myself saying, “Wow, I took…
It seems most of my family have green thumbs and the ability to grow just about everything! My Mom once bought a tree from a Christmas Tree lot and after two weeks indoors she decided to plant it in a large pot in her backyard. Of course it stayed alive…