Small Miracles…

When we weren’t looking these beautiful pink flowers bloomed.  The thing is we never planted these pink ones.  Behind them are white Nicotiana, which we did plant.  Now suddenly we have vivid pink ones.  Clearly flowers have minds of their own.  Dear A says that it has something to do with bees and pollination but [...]

This little painting made it into my book about drawing and creativity today along with a few others in the series—You Are Not Alone.  I’m humming along and filling the last few empty spaces in the book.  I wasn’t sure what to do for the chapter on working together when my eyes fell on a [...]

Thank you, rain!

We’ve had a few beautiful summer days here in Boston—with no rain!  Our wee garden is lush and green and we get to watch all sorts of birds that fly in to take advantage of the fresh water in the bird bath.  It’s kind of a bird spa here actually.  We’ve seen many kinds of [...]

A Day Off

Today is Sunday and the first day of summer in Boston!  Up until now it has rained and rained.  Last week we were wearing jackets, and scarves, but today we put our woolly socks away and put on our sandals.  And there are only two days of rain forecast for this week!
I’ve been working [...]