Category: Travel

  •     Both plains and mountains Have been captured by the snow- There is nothing left.                                                                  Haiku by Joso     Grief, like that…

  •   Hydrangea, an interesting name for a beautiful old-fashioned flower.   Proof, perhaps, that a rose by any other name…        

  •     A special day comes and goes. Friends and family pitch in and show up and laugh and dance. Did they chase away the rain too? Maybe. It's possible. Love can do that!         The day before the wedding, "Team B" arranges the flowers.

  •               The nieces and the grandchild.

  •     Try to look at this and not smile.. Go ahead, I dare you!       For the next few days, there will be some photos of the beautiful children in my life. These three are my adorable nieces!

  •     My favorite fountain in Mt. Vernon Place, probably my favorte fountain in the world!   The cat tails and the turtle and the playful child, all speak to a simple joy.         Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland.

  •     (To paraphrase e.e. cummings…)   not all matterings of mind equal one iris           The line as I remember it is: not all matterings of mind equal one violet And aren't we lucky to see such things?  

  •     That moment when the wheels lift off the tarmac and you are airbourne, just inches from the ground, you shake your head at the thought of this huge metal can flying and off you go, into the clouds on a rainy day in Baltimore.   It's not raining above the clouds, the sun…

  •     When's the last time you were invited to a picnic?   I always say, "Two lips are better than one."   (Or maybe I said that once?)       The Flower Mart again, in Baltimore's Mt. Vernon Place.    

  •     How lucky to go home to Baltimore and stumble upon the Flower Mart in Mt. Vernon Place, and to spend the afternoon with one of my very favorite people on the planet.   I must be living right.         The Church in Mt. Vernon Place and the people of Baltimore…