My Way of Living [01/21/17] 

  • There be monsters

    The gray dank fog that shrouds the beach is both eerie, and cold. Effectively hiding the water from sight. It is disturbing to hear voices speaking, and birds splashing but not be able to see anything.The sun tries dishearteningly to burn off fog halo's that are circling visitors heads, instead giving up to sulk behind a curtain o…

  • Morning glories and sunshine

    Since rediscovering seeds again last year, and remembering how easy peasy they are to grow, I was wondering how I could have forget this? I did grow sweet peas, beans, and sugar snap peas from seed every year, but I kind of neglected the flower portion of the garden. Instead choosing to spend my hard earned bucks on Cambridge blue…

  • Making my own sunshine and sparkle

    Sometimes life doesn’t hand you lemons, it hands you snow storms, and grey days instead. So we need to be able to make our own sunshine and sparkle.Thank goodness for photo archives, these sunflowers are chasing away the gloom.And to give them a bit of extra sparkle, I used a bokah texture from Shadowhouse Creations.So go ahead ma…

  • Oh right–it’s winter isn’t it?

    One of the best things about having an extensive [over 40,000 images] photo archive on your computer is the ability to access images of things that are blooming and colorful, bright, cheery flowering year round, even if it’s winter outside. Green grass needs to be trimmed, leaves sprout on trees flowers blossom continuously the su…

  • My world, it's a Wednesday

    The dryer hums a happy song while spinning tea towels round. Kettle rises to it's boil, steam spews, water in the cup, spicy coconut Chai scented kitchen. All is well, quiet, there is joy in a peaceful moment.Cat tummy full, quiet now, lazily entertaining himself in his red nylon tunnel, lurking in wait for unsuspecting servants t…