The Inconsequential Blogger

This is a picture of one of my small victories in the garden (and they are all small, believe me): It's the bloom of an azalea that was...

A blog for an online publication used a picture from a post on my blog and referenced it back here. The picture is of the scads of violets...

I've been digging dandelions out of my yard by hand. Just the front yard. The back yard is hopeless. I'm sore all over now. I'd ...

This is a NASA satellite image of the volcanic ash plume from the volcano in Iceland : Hope you weren't planning to fly into or out of ...

Over the weekend my husband and I tilled up the two garden plots in our back yard. One plot is for herbs and the other is mostly for veggies...

Robins really do have beautiful songs. I don't know why they're not praised more highly. I can hear one singing through my open wind...

The early commercials I saw advertising this movie left me not wanting to see it. But when I read a good review in the paper last Friday, an...

Not a novel, or even an evil plan to take over the world. Plotting, as in a garden plot. I now have a 10 x 20 plot in the community gardens!...

Here are a couple of pictures that my daughter took and wanted me to put on my blog. First, here is our dog, Strider with a bow on his head....

The Bees are out: And the crocus are blooming: In purple: And white: And yellow:

The new banner photo was actually taken last year in April. I know, I'm looking ahead, but I'm excited about spring. The photo is of...

I have my computer back! It was a minor trouble that brought it down, but it took a few days to set it right. I will have to work on a new b...

The weather has been gorgeous here lately, sunny, warming temperatures. Our blanket of snow is looking rather tattered now. A couple more da...

My computer is down temporarily. Son's computer suddenly quit. Daughter's computer occupied. I am currently typing this entry on my ...

I was offered a book contract the yesterday by a small publisher for a short Christmas story that I wrote. Yea! I don't have an agent, s...

I haven't posted for a while. Been busy with other things. These pictures are from about a week ago. My husband and I dusted off the cro...

Happy Valentine's Day! My husband left this for me to find on a hike through a snowy park: The name of the park is Gorge Metro Park in A...

If you have never encountered this movie before, I would highly recommend it. It tells a beautiful tale about family and the pull of love - ...

We got about a foot of snow overnight. The wind piled up some drifts that were deeper: Snowy walks are the best: When the snow stopped earl...

To ensure that I have a muse to inspire my writing, my daughter has put ceiling cat above my workplace: She found the ceiling cat papercraft...