Shabby, Not Chic

A few weeks ago, when my sister wasn’t looking, I liberated these metal garden chairs from my parents’ basement.  I remember playing in my grandparents’ yard while my father and grandfather sat in them, under the trees at the end of the grass.   There were other dogs then ~~ three huge German Shepherds ~~ Mitzi, Bruno and Seta.  My…

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Sunflower Harvest

3000 B.C. ~~ long before we were using the glorious SUNFLOWER to adorn our dishes and tabletops ~~  ~~ and long before van Gogh and O’Keeffe were inspired by its beauty ~~ van Gogh O’Keeffe ~~ Native Americans in the southwest had domesticated it and were pounding and squeezing its seeds into flour and oil, and using various parts of the plant for…

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My Sunshine

What do I do when my little pink bundle of joy is having a birthday and I can’t share this most special of days with her? I find her favorite old friend  ~~ doggy ~~ (who is also missing his girl) and I dress him up with a new pink bow.  I think about the day she received Doggy from…

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