twilight afterglow

yesterday was as usual. rip around, choring away like a good house marm. hmmm or not.  I can’t lie. I like naps. so, whatever, yeah I had a nap. don’t judge. […]

delicately dangling

twisted,tangled and tattered

It is certainly a beautiful Saturday here on the West Coast of B.C. Crisp, frosty and the big ole sun is shining. I am bundling up and heading to the […]

into the blue

Sometimes you really have to look. Look  hard for the beauty in things . I was bored yesterday and the sun came out briefly so I wandered around the garden with my […]

fuschia

tromping around my garden today and caught this lovely fuschia trying to hang on in the cold. go girl go…..

lovely lavanderias

we all do it. we have to. well, maybesome of us don’t. like say if you are a princess or really stinking rich or something bat shit crazy like that…… […]

kitchen chimp’s monday menu

…here’s what is cooking up in my little kitchen tonight. Rosemary and White Bean soup with Garlic croutons. AND for the picky chimps homemade Mac and Cheese. mmm, mmm Monday. […]

To all my dear friends and followers…. please take a moment to read ” Sending Love to India” and pass it along. Sign the petition and send an email. One […]

up up but not away

My husbands Gramma went to sleep with the angels over the holidays. As much as it was sad to see her go it was a blessing at the same time. […]

1st world probs

Ummm, kay…. I just booked an entire trip to Maui online.  The thing is I don’t have an active credit card to pay, so when I get to the payment […]

day one because everybody knows yesterday doesn’t count

time to get jiggy with it. purge the refrigerator of […]

when the smoke clears

Here’s hoping everyone out there had a fairy tale Christmas. Let me clarify.  By this I mean, a full belly, a smiling face,a table with no elbow room, a warm […]

out the window on the way out

just having my morning cuppa joe and thinking about tommorow. you know, you have be thinking about it too.  c’mon…admit it. …the end of the world? or at least the end […]

Italian equine series

…call it what you like but I have the “fever”. horse fever that is. what else would  drive me round and round the cobbled Roman streets clicking and snapping equine […]

Don’t feed the bad wolf

  True story… (ps~ this is the first post that is not an image of my own. )

if only it were so simple…

in light of the effing messed up world we live in sometimes, my Christmas wish for the world is for there to be peace on Earth. If only life worked […]