With a forecast for 93º today I decided it was a good day to go outside to work! 🙂 No, I’m…
Looking into the future
How good is your foresight? Can you read the future? I know that sounds daft, but some folks are better…
Surreal Real Beauty
I’ve never messed around with time lapse photography, but this is brilliant. The Grand Canyon
The Battle with Sand
One of the realities of living near the Texas coast or South Padre Island is dealing with sand. I love the…
Drought Tolerant Plan-(n/t)-ing
We’re making progress with a garden plan! It’s rather slow progress, but it IS progress. And I’m not sure if…
Too Good
My parents lived through the Great Depression. You’ don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure that one out…
I’m just a lie
So, this morning, as I’m pouring coffee for the both of us I wondered to myself…. In nearly 49 years…
I guess I don’t know how to shut up….
I guess if I’m going to write anyway, I might as well write….. Back to my old ways and patterns….
when we escape
“When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego and when we escape like the squirrels in the…
Alone, in silence
“Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere…
the compelling force of all time
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force…
see them not once, but again and often again…
“Better far off to leave half the ruins and nine-tenths of the churches unseen and to see well the rest;…
We move on the fringes of eternity
We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion. Many refuse to…
I am interested in something built up from within…
When I’m ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is…
Travel Far & Fast
“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.”…
Electability Strategy
As we travelled across the country I couldn’t help but ponder about the craziness of our world political situation. As…
Home Again…. Finally
We turned into the drive at Palmdale on Saturday about as originally planned. Not we had much of a plan,…
Touch down in an old town
We awoke in the morning to puddles but dry pavement. A few areas of spotty rain met us along the…
MOBOT
It’s been a couple years since our last visit to the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis, and as long…
Water, Water, Everywhere…. Almost
Wednesday morning dawned with everything nearby thoroughly soaked. I-44 in both directions continues to be closed for 20 some miles…
Weather, weather and more weather
We left Milwaukee on Tuesday morning intent on making it home in 4 or 5 days. However, after a delightful…
Thoughts Scattered Like Buckshot
We’ve been on the road a week and a half, a time filled with travel, emotional family gatherings, visits with…
Only Granddaughter’s Wedding
I thought (in advance of our granddaughter’s wedding) that I’d be writing a post about the event. Trouble is, I…
Another good doctor’s appointment
We’ve been in Milwaukee for 2 days now, and after bloodwork on our first morning, today — the second morning…
Your Best Dream or Your Worst Nightmare
It’s the morning of our fourth day traveling north for Melanie’s wedding but I know that this is going to…
Prairies & Lakes
Day two of our trip north was designed (primarily) to stay away from Houston. We both hate big cities and…
South Texas Botanic Gardens
Our first day north from Los Fresnos was an intentionally short trip. I have been wanting to visit the South…
Traveling Without a Kitchen
Never take for granted the convenience of traveling with your own kitchen! The two of us had pretty well acclimated…
Ten things happy people don’t care for…
I wasn’t ready to write the other morning, so while I was perusing my normal morning readings and news I…
Outdoor Clocks at the Pool
The pool here at the RV park is a little sanctuary for me. I don’t have to visit every day;…
