A deepening interest in photography and following certain blogs has me seeing things differently these days.

A clarion call for mindfulness: what if every day was new year’s day?

5:30 a.m.5 degrees, a pot of teapeaceful solitude © 2018 Glover Gardens

Gorgeous fall colors and a mountain landscape – so easy to create a haiku from that inspiration!

An evening walk, camera in hand, through the Place Victor Hugo roundabout in Paris. Rush hour has never been so fascinating.

A change of scenery brings mountain wildflowers, a fire in the fireplace and a haiku about the mesmerizing nature of flames.

A digital postcard from Glover Gardens with scarlet Lord Baltimore blooms.

A friend’s vacation state of mind and photo inspired a haiku.

Celebrating kindred spirits, serendipity and Great Blue Herons on the Bolivar Peninsula.

A friend of mine from high school posted an absolutely – heartbreakingly – beautiful photo of our lighthouse. On the Bolivar Peninsula.

I looked up in NOLA and saw these steeples framed by the traditional NOLA architectural elements of this stately home and a beautiful old oak tree.

Nature is all the entertainment we need here at Little House in the Rockies, our little cabin in Central Colorado. A visit from a cute little Peter Cottontail enabled a mid-hop bunny photo.

The Glover Gardens response to the nomination from the A. JoAnn Blog for a Sunshine Blogger Award. I like that name: sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.

A haiku for a happy mountain place that inspires me, restores peace and tranquility and fuels creativity.

Continuing the haiku-per-day in February pledge, here’s an ode to a beautiful aspen  framed by an azure winter sky: reaching to the blue with slender strong arms spread wide you captured my heart Copyright 2018, Glover Gardens

Is this little bird thinking what a great day it is to be a bird in the sunshine, in a sanctuary-like environment where the predators wear warning bells and the feeders are always full?