Winter is continuing its slow decline and spring is making itself known more and more with each passing day. From my second floor apartment patio, I can see an hear the birds starting their seasonal rituals. Their songs are getting more melodic, flights are a bit more showy, everything they’re…
Just a few weeks ago I was helping to release four gophers in to their new homes after they had been washed from their burrows by a winter rain storm. Monday found myself and my Hubby having a walk on the earthen damn at Uvas Reservoir. Just a couple of…
We live in uneasy times. This political cycle has left many of us felling like a raw, exposed nerve left flailing in the wind. Every brush of a breeze feels like an assault. It’s enough to break even the strongest of souls. It’s enough to make others stand up and…
Something else that is an important part of my life is my volunteer work at the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center, aka WERC. I started there 6 years ago as an animal care volunteer, helping with injured and orphaned wildlife, and helping to take care of the permanent residents who…
Now that my pieces for the Muffin Tin Challenge are finished, I’m going to share the stories behind them. Many of my pieces have various inspiration or stories behind them. Some start before the piece was made, some happen as the piece is being created. This one started a while…