Facing the Pain
On the hunt to find out the source of the sadness and pain which has ruined my life, I found it in a poem. The poem is by Alden Solovy which became the chant of the last part of Continue Reading …
Decayed Papaya Leaf
In the center of my garden is a papaya tree growing. I didn’t plant it. G-d may have; perhaps a squirrel or a passing flying bird dropped seeds. I don’t know. But in the center of my garden is a Continue Reading …
Struggling with Passion
This is color seduction. This plant is positively erotic, passionate, complex and entirely wild. I bought two. Each of the Passiflora pace my garden by the east fence. Before I even put the second plant in the ground, orange Continue Reading …
Bloody Bleeding Heart
I did this one all wrong. A normal approach to a pastel is to start with the drawing in linear exploration. Not me with this one: I rushed in where fools tremble pastels to powder…that’s what I did….I grabbed Continue Reading …
A Rose for ChiChi
Plucked from my garden, this Florida rose is a tea-rose size. I picked it to pose for the Rose pastel for ChiChi. ChiChi is not her full name nor do I know it. But I know this lovely lady from Continue Reading …
Breaking Up In Math
The Universe is based on mathematics. Many theoretical scientists say so. The infamous magician, Aleister Crowley said so. So why did Neil Sedaka say “Breaking Up is Hard to Do”? Was he a bad math student? I broke up my Continue Reading …
DaggerWing Nature Center Celebration
The Annual “Animal Naming Contest” concluded last night. “Gatorela” is the name of the baby alligator living at DaggerWing Nature Center. I have been in the volunteer service to this wonderful spec of wildlife left in south Florida. Once upon Continue Reading …
Wild Coffee
My Garden House is has enough Wild Coffee plants to be a coffee plantation. But I am not planning to go into competition with Starbucks®. Sub-tropical Florida climate makes many tame plants wild. I’d venture to say that it even Continue Reading …
Quikrete or Bust
Quikrete® is the designer concrete blend. The company makes everything concrete from A-Z. The linked website www.quikrete.com will prove it. My interest in Quikrete® began when I bought and installed 150 12″ x 12″ x 1″ white concrete pavers. I Continue Reading …
Easter Rise
The Garden House was splendid this morning with the birds high up on the canopy of trees, singing good morning songs to each other and me. When my breakfast guest arrived, I greeted him with a “Good Easter”. The resulting Continue Reading …