summer plants

I haven’t played with the Rebel very much this summer. I feel like time is going far too quickly, plus there have been a lot of changes and life is always so busy. It’s funny, though, because my deck garden is doing better than ever before. Not that there is a lot of food growing…

seeds

Stumbled on this old picture from a drive we took a few months ago. OK, several months ago. I love mountains, almost as much as I love the sea.

Blossoms

Winter this year has been moody, but generally mild. My deck plants are all in the guest room for the winter, and as usual are blooming. The upstairs is heavy with the perfume of blooming citrus trees.

Orchids

I bought an orchid at the grocery store awhile back. I’m fairly certain it was last winter, actually. I enjoyed its flowers, and have dumped a splash of water on it roughly once a week ever since. It put out 4 more leaves, and then a few weeks ago started sprouting buds. It’s been so…

Field of Roses

I’ve never really ventured into the world of patterns before, what do you think? Can you believe it, you can buy my art on a bathmat. Wish it went with the colors in my house! You can find a variety of pillows and stationary at my Society6 shop, and slightly different selection of housewares and stationary at…

Brightening

Flowers are pretty great. It’s hard to keep them alive indoors since there isn’t a lot of direct light–the windowsill below is very popular as one of the few with direct light all morning. I recently found a leafy plant whose care tag said “ambient light” and another that read “minimal light” so I snapped them…