First up, Happy Spring everyone. Here in NE Texas spring is popping up all over. These pansies are in a large pot in my front yard, and they will soon give way to other flowers that are happier in the heat of summer that will come our way in a couple of months. In the …
It is only fitting that, on this day in particular, I continue sharing excerpts from the book I’m writing about my mother. This is her birthday. She died three years ago at age 95, and I still miss her. I am not sure when I will never miss her, or even if that is possible. …
Before I tell you about the free story, I want to share some pictures of flowers that I have taken over the past few weeks. Some are easily recognized. Who doesn’t know a pansy when they see one? Really? There are people who have never seen one? Oh, right, I guess I didn’t think about …
Pretty little flowers all in a row. Not that year. That year a few scraggly weeds lived in the spots usually reserved for the pansies that thrived early in the Texas growing season. Normally, when the sun burned too hot, the pansies would be replaced with petunias, then later with periwinkles. Those hardy little flowers …