It’s been a long time since I witnessed a sunset from my front porch. But I’m no longer driving to my father’s house every day to help care for him and then coming home after dark each evening. Sadly, he passed away on Tuesday after eight months of being in at-home hospice care. He was…
Tag: Ralph Waldo Emerson quote
October rose
Blooming today, the last day of October, one solitary rose. I drove to my father’s mountain cabin today to check on the aftermath of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Zeta and was surprised by this single rose in bloom by the old fence. “There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.” (Ralph…
Azaleas: So many colors, so many varieties
The azaleas have been blooming for weeks now. They are absolutely beautiful this year, and I just couldn’t quit taking photos. All of the photos are of azaleas blooming in our woodland garden… “Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” (Hans Christian Anderson) “Every flower…
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Rise/Set
Beautiful sunrises and sunsets can be viewed in very ordinary places. I’ve photographed several at our local Walmart. These are from a year ago when I stopped at Walmart to pick up a few things for my husband who was then in the hospital after suffering a major stroke. I didn’t know was ahead for…
A little beauty in the aftermath of Irma
Tropical Storm Irma (previously Hurricane Irma) blew through here in the mountains of North Georgia as our first ever tropical storm, leaving considerable damage in its wake. Many people have no electricity, no water, no landline telephone service, spotty cell phone service, power lines down across roads, trees down, and homes damaged. Many businesses are…
Clobbered but coming back
About a year and a half ago we had a dead tree removed, and when it fell it clobbered one of our rose bushes. (If you’re not familiar with the word clobbered, it means the rose bush was hit hard and severely battered.) Last year there were no blooms, and we were worried that the rose bush was damaged…
Unexpected in common hours 