Please feel free to read the blogs posted below:
March 2023 A friend passed away recently, and I wanted to send a specific floral look for the gift, a basket with pastel colors and
February 2023 The holidays this past year 2022, as well as ringing the New Year in, were spent with my family in Spain. My daughter
January 2023 January is the month when many of us make New Year’s resolutions. It is the month to throw off the old and welcome
November 2022 The other night as I was putting my dog out to do his business, I screamed because I ran right into an Orb-weaver
October 2022 We fall into fall and look forward to cooler weather with leaves changing colors. Where we live in San Diego County, autumn is
September 2022 Think of the joy you will feel by making your garden into a butterfly sanctuary. It is easy to do. Even if you
August 2022 ‘A tree or shrub with large, typically creamy-pink, waxy flowers. Magnolias are widely grown as ornamental trees.’ When I first moved to this
July 2022 According to GardenGuides.com, “In Greek mythology, it is believed that the flower was a quiet and shy nymph that fell in love with
June 2022 It is always thrilling to see the use of arbors, pergolas, towers and tuteurs in a garden. Queen Marie-Antoinette had an exciting, excessive
May 2022 Lady Banks Rose has been grown for 2,000 years in gardens in China. It has no thorns, and it has no suckers. It
We all know someone or are that person who is dying of a disease, or someone whose body is failing as a result of old
A couple of weeks ago I was in Northern California visiting my daughter Erica and her children. While Erica was busy working I took her
Today would have been my beloved husband’s birthday. Pete passed away of invasive bladder cancer May 9, 2007 at the age of 54, just short
When our oldest child was a baby I used to say Yvette would be upset when she got older because she lived in Hawaii for
The third Monday of each April is Patriot’s Day, a favorite holiday in Massachusetts! Additionally, it is also the day of the Boston Marathon. Terrorist
Recently I spent the day painting with a friend in my mother’s garden and was reminded of an article I wrote for San Diego Home
Easter was an idyllic day with family. All who could come celebrated life, love and just being together in my mother’s spectacular garden. There is
Passover is here and Easter is but a few days away. Many of us are traveling to be with friends and relatives over this special
One of my daughters lives in Europe. I travel there to visit my family. Usually I don’t branch out to different destinations because I want
Many times I am asked where my inspirations come from for a particular painting. Sometimes I deliberate and a painting may take me weeks or