I have a couple of sizzling posts on the stovetop. While they simmer, I’ll share these nature shots. One’s from Olbrich Gardens tropical indoor space, the other from outdoors. If it’s cold where you are, feel the warm humid air rising up around the pitcher plants and get cozy. If it’s too hot where you […]
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Slow motion…If a tree falls… in a forest… and there’s no one there to hear it… Does it make a sound? Photo taken at the Madison Arboretum. Do you have a favorite woods near you? ¡Olé! –Rebecca Check out Debbie and Friends’ great pics at Six Word Saturday. #6WS #SixWordSaturday
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Winter is about cross country skiing and using face masks as scarves. This time of year is also about keeping the mosquitoes at bay half the year. February is a time of frozen precipitation that takes many surprising forms. My first picture is of graupel, a word I had not heard until today. It most […]
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Nature is a recycler, first and foremost; she would not want this wonderful water to go to waste. The icicles melt in the sun and become nourishment for spring flowers in the garden beds below. Fake Flamenco may look icy this time of year, but we’re really warm at heart. ¡Olé! –Rebecca Check out Debbie […]
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The results of one person’s email to the neighborhood are in – a magical, homegrown ice lantern evening! People took Bundt pans, buckets, Tupperware, perhaps even trash cans, filled them with water and a second heavy object inside in order to create an open space in the center and put them outside to freeze. At […]
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Snow may be the final blow for these pickets hanging low. Fluttering Fence Frail railrotting in jailwithout bailprecarious flailmissed a key nailleaning til it failsthat’ll end this taleand its boat will sailas it hits the dale. –Rebecca Cuningham Thanks for stopping by! May all your friendships be long and your fences strong. ¡Olé! –Rebecca Check […]
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