Over the years, Jim and I have grown quite fond of the quirks and personalities of the birds that share our backyard and sup at our seed-y ...

For the past few months I've been working on creating a palette of leaves for a climbing rose bower on my Mrs. Rose block . First...

Scale is a marvelous teacher.  And roses don't grow overnight. Back when I left off with Mrs. Rose , I had figured out a method for...

Rain drops and snow drops... And snow... The last of the season?  It must be.   But Spring is doing her best to stay o...

Last night Jim and I opened a bottle of wine and had a little rose celebration in my house.  You see, you guys don't know ...

Finally, life is settling a bit, the monkeys have left my back and I'm ready to work again with Mrs. Rose. It's been too long....

Holy Smokes!  I had no intention of not being here the last two weeks.  The transition from end-of-school to Summer chewed up my days in new...