. . . . . One Woman's Hands

Spring has at least partially sprung here in my part of N California. My fruit trees are in various stages of bloom, including the totally n...

Pretty much the only time I manage to think of bringing flowers inside is when SmallButCharming does her occasional Monday call for flowers...

I follow Jane at SmallButCharming, who posts cats, food, gardens, and hosts Flowers In The House , which I have enjoyed in the past but neve...

My friend Moneka gave me a neat little book - Wild Flowers of America - published in March 1932. I love the soft little paintings of ea...

Kim Klassen is having a texture... challenge , I guess, altho she isn't calling it that. You just need to use one or more of her many fr...

Got a smart phone a few months ago (finally) and first thing I did was download a bunch of camera apps. Because that's what smart phones...

...one of my most favorite things. They make me smile. So when I saw these at the store, slightly past their prime, but only $4, I thought a...

I often take my camera when I run the dog around the block each morning before running off to work, but I mostly forget to ever get it out o...

My mom was a good artist. She worked in oils mostly and I grew up with the smell of turpentine in the air. She decorated all the cards she s...

I planted this thing a bit over 4 years ago when we moved in here. It had a bloom on it when I bought it, and bloomed again (1 flower's ...

We'll start with last year's garden, which is a sorry mess right now. We blocked it all off from the dog with a fence that I had to ...

There's a house about a mile from me that has the most gorgeous hollyhocks in the spring. The vast majority of them are self-seeded, so ...