A Respite in Covent Garden’s Floral Court
Just around the corner from crowded Covent Garden in London, I found an unexpected peaceful haven, a magical courtyard. I had entered another dimension, Harry Potter-style.
Just around the corner from crowded Covent Garden in London, I found an unexpected peaceful haven, a magical courtyard. I had entered another dimension, Harry Potter-style.
A return to the slopes provided a fierce hunger and Amica’s Pizza in Salida beckoned to us from the street. What a great choice!
My Mom always hated January. Too cold. Too damp. Too boring. This is the first post in a series: January Dreaming.
“Desperate times call for desperate measures,” said the Grill-Meister as he fired up the outdoor burner to cook bacon in 5° weather.
Amarillo charmed us from a hotel window, in two very different ways. It was haiku-worthy!
Magpies pose and inspired haiku with their tuxedo coloring and bright blue wings.
I got a new camera for Christmas, the first one ever that has interchangeable lenses that detach and rates a case instead of rambling about in the bottom of my purse like my previous little point-n-shoot models. A respectable camera. A DSLR. I’m the family […]
Walking down this street in Paris, the sky called out to be photographed. I realized later that the essence of the City of Lights had imprinted.
Empathizing with the folks in Moscow for their sunless situation. They’re taking it better than I would. I salute them with a haiku.
Glover Gardens response to the weekly photo challenge, What Does Silence Look Like, from The Daily Post.
If you’ve been following Glover Gardens this week, you know that it is really cold here. Freaky cold. Snow and ice and sleet, oh my! It just makes you want to stay inside, drink hot chocolate by the fire and have comfort food for all your […]
Cauliflower Soup is easy and quick, warm and comforting, and yet surprisingly elegant.
Brrrrr! It’s hunker down time here in Southeast Texas where harsh Lady Winter (actually “Winter Storm Inga”) has found us and seems to be settling in for a good long visit. We had hail and snow and sub-freezing weather all day today, which is confusing […]
Café Louise provides a warm-me-up on a super-cold Paris first Sunday after a power walk from the Arch de Triomphe to St. Germain.
A cold snap in Southeast Texas forces a moonlight citrus harvest and inspires a haiku.
A rosemary wreath dresses up the standby party platter of cheese, salami and olives.