The smell of moist earth and lilacs hung in the air like wisps of the past and hints of the future. (Margaret Millar) Ahhhhhhh…the melodious scent of lilacs is practically enough to put me into a trance. I can’t really think of another more distinctly memorable essence with such direct links to my childhood.… Continue reading “Sweet Dreams, Lilac”
Stockholm is surely an urban planner's dream. Everything works. Everything looks good. – Janine di Giovanni Exactly one year ago tomorrow I woke up in a charming boutique hotel in an area of Stockholm, Sweden called Solna. The sun was streaming in through the windows and it was a gorgeous day. I was nearly over… Continue reading Metro-politan Surprise
[Each photo can be enlarged by clicking on it] Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees. — Rumi Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it. — Rumi The moment I first heard love I gave… Continue reading Rumi’s Words…by the Sea
All day long, she feeds & protects her "new" babies... The second "family" we've had in our little birdhouse this summer!
Six snaps within minutes of each other yesterday!
Caught a hummingbird grabbing some breakfast out in the garden this morning!
Far off views of the rain from summer squalls pouring down onto the Blue Ridge Mtns, simultaneously mists rise up from the around the mtns in Shenandoah National Park forest, at sunset...
A lovely 'Canadian Flag' bench. I want one here in my VA garden... — In the Village of Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia 2009
Where Land & Sea...Farming & Fishing...meet Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
A piece of sea glass..just waiting for me to collect it! Pugwash, Nova Scotia
Heather Beach in Nova Scotia...
Upper Economy, Nova Scotia A lovely view from a gorgeous perch...just made travel plans! NS we'll see you in one month!!
A hummingbird drops by for some eats at my parent's house by a lake in Nova Scotia.
It's campfire season...time to toast some marshmallows...this one's a little overdone!
Gorgeous spot to relax! — Looking toward York, Maine from Cape Neddick
Sunset at the pier. - Wachapreague, Eastern Shore, VA
Had an early morning visitor today!
Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean — Atlantic City, NJ from the 17th floor of The Chelsea Hotel
Seagulls in Atlantic City I'm missing the ocean & my dad today...
After a storm at sunset...toward the Blue Ridge Mountains. — June 13/14
A hummingbird at the Phoenix Zoo! — Phoenix, AZ Dec 26/13
Cactus close-up! ― Goldfield Ghost Town, Apache Junction, Arizona
The Superstition Mountains, a range of mountains in Arizona, east of Phoenix
Beautiful Windmill on the island of Djurgården...an oft painted scene ~ Stockholm, Sweden
A Snowy Evening on Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden March 2014 — I snapped this photo as we were cutting through a side street on our way to the fabulous "Fem Små Hus" restaurant on the island of Gamla Stan, on a trip to Stockholm, Sweden back in March. It had begun to snow just before… Continue reading ~My Photo Share~ #13
Queen Anne's Lace with the 'flower pot' island, off Soley Cove Rd Economy, Nova scotia
A Stroke of Good Fortune 