In the Pink

Pink Flowers

I’m in the pink, though after this week-end, I may be in the red! Taking a break from the computer while I take a trip to the East Coast and celebrate my oldest child’s graduation from law school. And that’s not even the best news. She has a great job lined up [...]

Wild Onion

purple beauty

Wandering through the gardens at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens, and I saw this patch of allium, or wild onion. Pretty stuff, this flowering plant called wild onion.

Forest Fern

Detail of a Fern

On a hike yesterday in the woods at Owen Park in Madison, I came across a field of ferns in the woods. I love the delicacy of these plants. And green–so nice to see a sea of green again!

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Celebrating 21!

Birthday wishes!

To my daughter:

Sending big wishes and a day filled with fun, today is the day you turn twenty-one!!!

Happy birthday to my daughter, my youngest, the last one to cross over to official adulthood. This calls for a day of celebration, starting with a day at the stadium watching the Brewers [...]

Prairie Trillium

Trillium at UW Arboretum

In all my years of tramping through Wisconsin’s forests, this is the first set of prairie trillium I have seen. I could not find this particular species of trillium in any ID book, except for the local book Spring Woodland Wildflowers of the University of Wisconsin Madison Arboretum by Andrew [...]

Firehouse Doors

Middleton Fire Department

I love these red doors on the new firehouse. After I’d taken a few photographs, I had a couple of firefighters watching me as I checked out quite a few different angles.