Pour It On
When you order buttered grits in New Orleans, they don’t fool around. If I listened closely, I could hear my arteries clog.
Fashionable Family Friday: Who’s Leading Whom?
There’s something about this image that just cracks me up… perhaps the dazed look on my sister L’s face, her mismatched dress and cap, my ragamuffin outfit, or that wooly dog. But mostly, I think it’s because there’s a quirky sense that L is the one I’ll be taking for a walk.
Sights and Sounds of New Orleans
There’s a little something for everyone in the French Quarter.
Flighty Visitors
The garden has been teeming with dragonflies lately. Up close, I find them to be a bit creepy and prehistoric, but I will say that their wings are exquisite.
Fashionable Family Friday: I’m Up Here, Daddy!
I look a bit apprehensive about the road trip… and rightfully so.
Pointing the Way
When I think of signs, I imagine dull directions and general information. However, signage in the French Quarter of New Orleans explodes with color and intrigue.
Roses in the Rain
We’ve had a lot of precipitation lately. If you look at the details, the results can really be quite beautiful.
Fashionable Family Friday: Toots of Joy
I’m the scowling four-year-old kid to the right of my birthday cake. I’m not sure that I was catching the party fever.
The Ruby Throat
Here’s one of the many customers at my hummingbird feeder. I love that atomic red glow!
Pop!
I planted milkweed this past spring in hopes of attracting monarch butterflies. Last week the pods split open, releasing an explosion of silky-fine threads and seeds.
Tree Fishing 