If I never say goodbye to Fall, I can't say hello to Winter. As much as I love Thanksgiving, I refuse to pass up a single minute of the Christmas season. To propel myself forward, today I am sharing some of the Fall colors from my "Leaf Peepers" trip to New England in October, and … Continue reading Farewell to Fall
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Winter/Green
A few months ago, a tree-trimming crew working for my city worked down my street. They carefully pruned the first of the three trees in front of my condo building, but maybe they ran out of time because they then chopped off the entire crown on the next two trees. The two decapitated trees then … Continue reading Winter/Green
Not So Winding Road
Every time I hear "I Got a Name" by Jim Croce lately, that first line instantly transports me back to a trip I took this past May to Lassen Volcanic National Park. Like the pine trees lining the winding road I've got a name, I've got a name. ~ "I Got a Name" Jim Croce … Continue reading Not So Winding Road
Come On, Ring Those Bells
Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out the grief that saps the mind For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring … Continue reading Come On, Ring Those Bells
Goldilocks and the Three Murals
Hello Campfire Tale Heads! Long time no tree. So I'm working in New Orleans and I'd been considering what I wanted for my first post after a long absence from posting and I found the perfect mural I wanted to show you, and then... Well, then things went a little Goldilocks-ian, because my first photo … Continue reading Goldilocks and the Three Murals
Happiness Tree
Take care of a tree, and you will eat its fruit. ~ Proverbs 27:18a CEV So... Who wants to taste the rainbow?
Countdown Motivation
Have you heard a parent or teacher start counting down to warn children to do as they are told? Once they reach zero, there will be consequences! Here's my version, to get myself going. "And in tree... two... one..."
Holiday Greetings from California
The Joy of Halloween
Life knocking you flat? Feel you've lost your gloss? Things not going exactly as you please? What to do: Disguise yourself as Bob Ross, Then go and paint some happy little trees. Everyone knows a happy little tree Will embellish a happy little scene. And seen at a frightfully good party, You might relish a … Continue reading The Joy of Halloween
False Starts, Sad End
I started a poem about Alcatraz And then... "What rhymes with Alcatraz? Sassafras? Razzmatazz? All that jazz?" I started a poem about pineapple And, while that's easier to rhyme, I grapple Instead with meaning, and another surprise: Too many eyes. "Write us a poem! Please?" I hear your pleas. So we're back to our old … Continue reading False Starts, Sad End
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