According to the Buffalo Garden Walk website (https://www.gardensbuffaloniagara.com/garden-walk-buffalo), Buffalo’s garden walk, which was held this weekend, is the largest garden walks in the United States. It features hundreds of gardeners who open their gardens to the self-guided tour. There are many types of gardens to see on this tour and not enough time to see […]
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Today, my topic suggestion from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to write about upcoming goals for my website. Which would be goals for my art and writing projects. I was also asked to mention what I plan on doing in 90 days. Well, I will get to that in this blog post. But first, I’ll
I really love sea glass. It has this translucent quality that few other things have. Usually things are either transparent or opaque. Its texture is frosty, unlike beach glass, which is more shiny. It’s beautiful to use in jewelry or for artwork. It can be found on beaches along the oceans, but it’s often illegal
#WordlessWednesday #Blogboost Happy Wednesday. Here is a “bouquet” of lovely flowers that I’ve seen on my walks and adventures!
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a travel story During the summer of 2008, I participated in a 500-mile walk from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Paul, Minnesota, called the “Witness Against War” walk. The walk took seven weeks, and it took me way out of my comfort zone. Nevertheless, I am happy that I had the experience. While on the walk,
a mini writing workshop Today, let’s talk about a bit of creative writing. It could be a story or a poem. The basis of the creative writing is the picture above. This is my picture for day 54 of the 62-day Daisy Yellow Index Card a Day Challenge. The prompt was yahtzee. I chose to
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conversation with readers Several of the comments to yesterday’s post, in which I answered questions asked about a week ago, had to do with the picture book (or books) that I am planning on creating after the Ultimate Blogging Challenge and the Daisy Yellow Index Card a Day challenge are completed. I was thinking about
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answers to readers’ questions! Jeanine Byers asked: “Are you still planning a book with your bear, and if so, would you say more about that project?” Well, yes. I am! It will be a picture book, featuring a bear family: Bearnacle (the sea faring bear), Betty, and little Blunder B. They will have all sorts
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answering a reader’s question! Today, I am answering Florence Callender’s question: “What inspired you to start blogging?” That is a great question!!!! I am now an enthusiastic blogger and I enjoy sharing my artwork and photographs, but that wasn’t always the case. I remember the first time someone suggested to me that I start a
Sometimes, it seems as if social media is all about negativity. “Everyone in (name the) generation is a bad seed, and that (name the) generation is going to be the doom of the world.” “You’re a communist socialist liberal mouthpiece for communist socialist liberal bots. We will ban your comments because they are against our
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