I haven’t posted about my chickens in a while, so I thought I should provide a quick update. Lefty had a rough couple of months. She went broody on me, meaning, she decided that she wanted the eggs to hatch. So she’d park herself on the freshly laid eggs each…
Gardening
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Floral Friday – October 9, 2026
A few commenters from last Floral Friday were interested in seeing all five the aloe flower clusters opening, so I was able to capture the photo above this week. I’ve never had an aloe plant put up this many flower stalks and this many flowers. I wish I knew the…
Abstract Art
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A Little Abstract Expressionism – Blue Wave
This is another intuitive canvas I painted this past week. For the background, I put drops of acrylic paint at the top of the canvas, then used a window squeegee to spread it down to the bottom. I then used palette knives to apply the blues, whites, and reds. The…
Nature
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Photography Moment – Golden Beet
Now that the weather is slightly cooling off, it’s time to warm up the oven and start making roasted root vegetables again. It’s one of my partner’s favorites and perfect food for the cool evenings. I was slicing up a golden beet on my cutting board when I noticed the…
Gardening
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Floral Friday – October 2, 2026
No, this is not a repeat. This aloe plant, which bloomed earlier this year, is now blooming again. And this time it’s throwing up multiple flower clusters. The main one is just starting to open its little flowers, and I hope in the next week or so they all begin…
Abstract Art
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A Little Abstract Expressionism – At First Sight
This is an intuitive abstract I painted recently. I had the color red on my mind and thought it would be fun to see where it led me. I wasn’t aiming for anything particular. Just a little abstract practice. I started off with some luminescent acrylic paints and acrylic markers…
Nature
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Photography Moment – Busy Sky
Walking out of the grocery store on Sunday, I looked up and was amazed at the streaks of white crisscrossing the sky. To me, it looked like someone had taken a brush and made random streaks of white paint on a textured canvas. I’ve always been fascinated with contrails, the…
Gardening
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Floral Friday – September 25, 2026
I found these inky cap mushrooms growing at the base of one of my raised garden beds. From what I read on Google, they tend to appear around rotting wood. Which makes sense. When I set up a raised bed, I fill it halfway with branches, small tree limbs, leaves,…
Abstract Art
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A Little Abstract Expressionism – Tropical Dreams
With summer wrapping up here in the Northern Hemisphere, I thought I’d try to paint a summer image that will carry me through to next spring. I wanted to see something bright, luminescent, and cheerful. I didn’t start with a particular vision in mind, just a handful of colors. Using…
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Photography Moment – Filtered Sunlight
While the image above may look like an abstract painting, it’s actually a photo I took recently. This is sunlight filtered through window blinds and reflecting on a wall in my home. It caught my eye one hot afternoon. I tend to keep the blinds closed in the heat of…