Low Desert Gardens, Beavertail Prickly Pear and Globe Mallow Right now, I am sitting here in front of my computer, trying to think of an interesting and helpful subject for this post, which will be published tomorrow (Saturday). Unlike…

I love taking walks in the spring outdoors.  All too soon, summer will be here and walks will have to happen in the early morning hours before the heat of the day arrives.  I suppose that I could always take a walk inside of our local…

I absolutely love this time of year.  The weather is gorgeous and everything is in bloom.  Although the afternoons can get a little hot, the mornings are still cool and a perfect time for a walk through the neighborhood. Now before…

For those of you who have been nice enough to follow my adventures on our Midwest road trip, this will be my last post. Our last two places that we visited were Hannibal, Missouri where Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) grew up and lastly, Carthage,…

I wish I could share with you personally, how wonderful our trip has been so far.  I have enjoyed the natural beauty, the towns and the people of the Midwest. To date, we have traveled from Michigan, Indiana and now we are in Springfield,…

Well, we have had a wonderful time on our Midwest sojourn so far.  Sunday morning, we left Holland, Michigan and started our trek down to Indiana.  Now, the point of our trip was to get to know the Midwest - its people, towns and…

...of Michigan. You know what?  I was raised on the West Coast - of California, that is.  I had never visited any of the Great Lakes before.  It has been a wonderful treat visiting the West Coast of Michigan. My mother…

I am leaving.  Actually, by the time you are reading this, I will be on my way to the airport with my mother.  We are going on a road trip together - just the two of us. My bags are packed.  I've filled the pantry and refrigerator…

Suffered Frost Damage Here in the Southwest, we were hit with a deep freeze this past winter.  Temps in my garden fell to 20 degrees F.  Now we aren't strangers to occasional freezes each winter.  But what made this…