“Pick out which ever one you want.” I can still hear my father’s voice. “I want the best one, a really big one!” I’d always say, then we’d sort through...
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A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in - what more could he ask. A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars. ~ Victor Hugo
First Steps – Moving Forward
I took the first step to setting up a “social media platform”. Or maybe the third, or the fourth or even the fifth ‘first step’. The FIRST first step was...
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Step Out of the Past – A Fresh Direction
Since my mother’s passing in March of 2022, I’ve been thinking a lot about turning points, new ideas, new paths, new directions, and moving forward with my life. After the...
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In Good Time
Ten years ago this week my sister called to let me know it was time to return to Texas to help care for my father as he faced an inevitable...
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…is a blog about gardening. It’s also a blog about improving an outdated fifty year old suburban home. It’s a record of my experiences with the house and garden, and a plan for moving forward. It’s a source of information and encouragement to people gardening in south east Texas and similar hot weather/high humidity climates. I’ll post recipes, a bit of history, and memories of life in a small but growing east Texas town. I’ll introduce some beautiful, interesting, and intriguing work of artists, photographers, craftspeople, and architects, both historical and contemporary. …And, maybe give a little glimpse inside my life, mind, and imagination.
I hope you come back frequently to take a look.
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