An ekphrastic poem celebrating the Blue Chair by artist Don Mathison that hangs in the Glover Gardens kitchen.

Photos from a restorative early morning walk in Coral Gables, a vivid and yet peaceful feast for the eyes.

Sharing the wisdom of the young artist who created the Glover Gardens logo.

This is a provocative and enlightening article refuting the idea that “the best art always bears the biggest price tag”.

A well-timed comment from another blogger helped me realize that it’s ok to be a foodie-blogger-storyteller person with a unique and real message – even though my food isn’t art.

A gorgeous, fiery sun merging with the horizon while it generously backlit the clouds and turned the evening sky into a work of art deserving of a haiku.

Going to work in the dark.. Sometimes the urge to capture a moment strikes when I least expect it. At a red light. Waiting. Thinking. Looking, and perhaps more importantly, seeing. This was our view (the car and me) early this morning at a stop…

Street art makes the modern area of Paris more interesting.

The Museum of Montmartre and Renoir’s Gardens throb with a creative, imaginative and harmonious aesthetic that evokes the era of impressionist art in Paris.

Hello world, friends, family and neighbors: I wish you peace, love, happiness, serenity, interesting hobbies, low blood pressure and job security. I’m not Catholic but I have a spiritual crush on St. Francis – how can you not love the patron saint of animals???!!! I ran…

Another blogger’s beautiful image provides the inspiration to complete this haiku about the changing seasons.

A reblogged story about a modern-day two-bit grifter who stole online images, and impassioned defense of art belonging to its creator.

The Storyteller, on Vegas, Tom Petty, and things that make us sigh, sadly.

Random gorgeousness from the De Young Museum in San Francisco.

TCM is doing it again: Some Like It Hot is showing on the big screen, and the Glover Gardens Mom & Millennial will be there.

I had some spare time over an April weekend in Paris and visited the Jacquemart-Andre Museum. Sheer loveliness. I haven’t had time to collect my thoughts and photos yet, but here’s a look at the floral arrangement in the drawing room.  Happy Wednesday! Stay tuned…

My looking-at-the-world lens is sharper: realizing the gift of being in the moment through the act of sharing in the blog.

Dad tells the story of a crayon-drawn collector’s item he “earned” from an artist during a 1964 radio interview.

The art/architecture at O’Hare airport in Chicago captivated me. See the resulting haiku and pictures.

Some days exceed expectations: Hyde Park, Picasso and me.