The World of Everything that Grows.
Summertime and the livin’ is easy. The Illinois skies filled with billowy ivory clouds against a crystalline blue rival the big skies of Texas that enthralled Georgia O’Keeffe and me. I cannot remember a more beautiful summer. Temperatures during the day have been a perfect 72 degrees. All things being Continue Reading
Once upon a time there was a rose garden in the far, north. It was located one mile from the beautiful north shore of Lake Michigan off of Beach Road along a little dead-end street. My mother planted 30 or so roses and hedged the roses with peonies and a Continue Reading
A funny thing happened on my way to plant the next rose garden.  I planted a vegetable garden. Thank-you Doomsday Preppers. If you haven’t watched that show, tune in. I fully expected the participants to be loony tunes. Well, they aren’t. Many preppers are really smart, talented people. Preppers Continue Reading
 Roses can create a living legacy connecting us to past generations. Let me tell you a love story of a rose called Seven Sisters and a beautiful family knit together today by a rose bush after six generations. It will make you wonder if a mother’s love cut short Continue Reading
Every theory has to be proven, right? I’m reeling over the fact that my own “Oui Theory†is spinning off into uncharted waters due to the lure of fishing. It’s in trouble folks. Proven over and over again, there’s trouble right here in river city and that’s with a capitol Continue Reading