A ceramic mug with a blue rim, sitting on the railing of a wooden deck with chipped, sun bleached paint, dancing in dappled sunlight.
Enjoying a cup of coffee on Gramma's deck, with a light breeze, and living my absolute best life.
#RAndR
#MomentsOfPeace
#GoJuice
A picture of our gray and white Old English Sheepdog puppy, Colby, laying with me on the couch, with his head on my feet.
Perfect Sunday is perfect. No #SundayScaries here! 🥰🥰🥰
#ColbyPoochie
#ColbyCuddles
#FourLeggedFamily
#DogDadLife
#RAndR
#MomentsOfPeace
Another flashback #SmallJoys moment from last summer of a beautiful golden hoverfly floating over the surface of a perfect pastel pink & white poppy in our #Chicago #UrbsInHorto garden.
#gardening #invertebrates #Nature #MomentsOfPeace 🌱
Every place is good to take a break and enjoy a peaceful moment.
#momentsofpeace #everywhere #always
A picture of our orange-&-white tabby, Cosmo, curled up with me on the couch. Our gray and white Old English Sheepdog puppy, Colby, is out of focus on the other side of the couch, bathed in the afternoon sun.
A picture of our gray and white Old English Sheepdog puppy, Colby, sitting on the other side of the couch, basking in the afternoon sun. Our orange-&-white tabby, Cosmo, is blurred in the foreground, curled up against me.
#MentalHealthDay
#CosmoKitteh
#KittehCuddles
#ColbyPoochie
#CatDadLife
#DogDadLife
#MomentsOfPeace
Something a little more personal this week, as I lift the lid on the last twelve months and how #photography, and #creativity more generally, has provided calm amongst the storm and respite from the noise.
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#mentalhealth #healing #healing #momentsofpeace #calmyourmind #grief
A picture of our orange-&-white tabby, Cosmo, curled up on my arm, and our gray and white Old English Sheepdog puppy, Colby, curled up against my legs.
What more could one possibly want on a Sunday...?
#MomentsOfPeace
#CosmoKitteh
#KittehCuddles
#CatDadLife
#ColbyPoochie
#ColbyCuddles
#DogDadLife
#FourLeggedFamily
A picture of our gray and white Old English Sheepdog puppy, Colby, asleep with his head on a very large, unshucked corncob-shaped toy.
There is naught so perfect as a boy asleep, snoring, & dreaming on his favorite corn.
#ColbyPoochie
#FourLeggedFamily
#ColbyPoochie
#MomentsOfPeace
#SkylineCleanse
A picture of our orange-&-white tabby, Cosmo, curled up asleep on my arm.
A #MomentsOfPeace from this morning.
#CosmoKitteh
#KittehCuddles
#FourLeggedFamily
#CatDadLife
A picture of our gray and white Old English Sheepdog puppy, Colby, asleep on my legs in bed.
G'nite, m'friends. I hope y'all sleep as well as our precious behbeh.
#ColbyPoochie
#ColbyCuddles
#FourLeggedFamily
#DogDadLife
#MomentsOfPeace
A picture of our gray and white Old English Sheepdog puppy, Colby, & my husband, both cuddled up and asleep on me on the couch, with a fire going in the fireplace in the background.
We're on vacation. This is how we vacation. It's perfect.
#ColbyPoochie
#ColbyCuddles
#FourLeggedFamily
#DogDadLife
#RAndR
#MomentsOfPeace
A picture of our orange-&-white tabby, Cosmo, lying cuddled up next to me on the couch. In the background a fire burns cozily in our fireplace, and the C-7's from our second tree are reflected in the left glass door of our fireplace grate.
Prefect #FridayNight is fucking. Perfect.
#CosmoKitteh
#KittehCuddles
#FourLeggedFamily
#CatDadLife
#RAndR
#MomentsOfPeace
#WoodburningFireplace
#HolidayLights
A picture of our gray and white Old English Sheepdog puppy, Colby, asleep on my legs. My beautiful husband is asleep on the other side of my legs.
My babies are also on me. Life is perfect.
#HappyHusband
#ColbyPoochie
#ColbyCuddles
#FourLeggedFamily
#DogDadLife
#RAndR
#MomentsOfPeace
A picture of our gray and white Old English Sheepdog puppy, Colby, laying on my legs in the couch.
Sunday. Perfect.
#ColbyPoochie
#ColbyCuddles
#FourLeggedFamily
#DogDadLife
#RAndR
#MomentsOfPeace
A picture of our orange-&-white tabby, Cosmo, curled up around my arm on the couch.
A picture of our orange-&-white tabby, Cosmo, curled up around my arm on the couch.
Perfect Saturday afternoon.
#CosmoKitteh
#KittehCuddles
#FourLeggedFamily
#CatDadLife
#RAndR
#MomentsOfPeace
In the Garden Today | 20 October
Crabapple pommes nearing ripeness. Soon, many happy birds will descend on this tree for annual feast!
"To Autumn" by John Keats:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44484/...
#Garden #Photography #QuietJoys #MomentsOfPeace #Poetry #OurBeautifulPlanet #Autumn
A picture of our gray and white Old English Sheepdog puppy, Colby, resting his head on my blanket-covered legs, with his eyes closed, while I give him head pets and scratches.
Happy #SundayFunday, my friends. 🥰🥰🥰
#ColbyPoochie
#ColbyCuddles
#FourLeggedFamily
#DogDadLife
#RAndR
#MomentsOfPeace
Blooms of a Limelight Hydrangea, which are in progress at this time of year turning from white to pink and a dusty green.
In the Garden Today | 5 October
In this season, the blossoms of Limelight Hydrangea turn from white to pink and dusty green. IMHO, it's their most beautiful phase!
#gardens #gardening #plants #hydrangeas #quietjoy #momentsofpeace #plantkingdom #Bloomscrolling #Bloomsky
A picture of our gray and white Old English Sheepdog puppy, Colby, laying on my legs on the couch.
Perfect Friday afternoon is perfect. 10|10. No notes.
#ColbyPoochie
#FourLeggedFamily
#DogDadLife
#ColbyCuddles
#RAndR
#MomentsOfPeace
Mornings may feel chaotic—but you’re showing up with love. That’s enough. 💗 One breath before the rush. #MomentsOfPeace
A picture of our gray and white Old English Sheepdog puppy, Colby, laying his head across my legs on the couch.
My red, speckled, black-rimmed camping mug, with the logo for the Rockford Roasting Company emblazoned on the side in white. The mug is full of a homemade hazelnut mocha, with a good head of foam on top.
It was a good, relaxing day. Have chores t'do t'morrow, but lookin t'not overdo it; I need more of this. I'm still not 100% yet.
#RAndR
#MomentsOfPeace
#ColbyPoochie
#FourLeggedFamily
#DogDadLife
#GoJuice
#CaffeineAddict
#MorningRitual
#MorningCuppa
#CupOfAmbition
#Homemade
#Mocha
#GiftArticle "It's precisely when our troubles are greatest that we need to find beauty." The first installment of Dana Milbank's new weekly column. wapo.st/4pm7wVU
#MomentsOfPeace #OurBeautifulPlanet #JoyInTheStruggle
#Resilience #Plants #NaturePhotography #Meadow
In the Garden - 6 September
I never got around to providing this Morning Glory Vine a proper tuteur, so it adapted to growing over the wall between two Purple Sage plants. Here's to hardy, easy-going plants!
#Garden #Gardening #MorningGlories #MomentsOfPeace #GardenPhotos #werisetogether #Bloomsky
Blooms from an Eden Rose (also known as Pierre de Ronsard), Ladies Mantle, and Lilies indoors on a shelf with some books
From the Garden
Some blooms brought indoors before a heavy rain: Eden Rose flowers (or Rosa "Pierre de Ronsard,"after the French poet), Ladies Mantle, and Lilies
About the Eden Rose: plantove.com/eden-rose/
#Gardening #Photography #Bloomscrolling #Roses #MomentsOfPeace #JoyfulResistance
Plates of local corn and a plate of local tomatoes, basil, and fresh mozzarella
A plate of local tomatoes, basil, and fresh mozzarella
In the Garden Today
It's August in New England ~ our peak month for local tomatoes, basil, and fresh mozzarella! I wouldn't mind this picnic menu all month long.
#gardening #food #corn #tomatoes #basil #farmfresh #momentsofpeace #joyisresistance #photography #werisetogether #picnic
In the #Garden Today, cont.
More glimpses of the woodland Anemonopsis #plants in bloom ~ in a shady spot with filtered light.
#Gardening #NaturePhotography #Bloomsky #MomentsOfPeace #Photos
In the #Garden Today | 28 July 2025
This is Anemonopsis macropyhlla/false anemone—a woodland plant that thrives in shade, moist soil, and filtered light. The #plants wave on tall stems with dozens of flowers that resemble small lotuses. #Gardening #NaturePhotography #Bloomsky #MomentsOfPeace #Photos
