Category Archives: Lavish Simplicity

White Lilac Walk

I took a walk in the neighborhood this weekend and noticed a house that has been empty for years with white lilacs growing over the fence. I went home for my basket and filled it with flowers. I have two purple lilacs, but the white ones I have never been interested in. I’m kind of...

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Blue Monday

It is blue Monday around my house today. The hardest thing about a wonderful weekend, is coming back to real life on a Monday. My son and his girlfriend took me sailing on Saturday. I have never been on a sail boat before, and I was amazed at the two of them! They live on...

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May Song

Song on a May Morning Now the bright morning star, days harbinger comes dancing from the East, and leads with her the flowry May, who from her green lap throws the yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth, and warm desire! Woods and groves are of thy...

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Blue Beauties

Is it just me, or do blue flowers take your breath away with their beauty?  I have a few little spots of Grape Hyacinths  in my garden growing right now. My computer gave up the ghost this week. I am finally back on line with a new one that I can’t seem to quite figure...

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Pink Joy

Color is joy. One does not think joy, one is carried by it.  -Ernst Hass I think if joy had a color it would be pink. If joy was a tree, it would be a cherry tree covered in pink blossoms.  I’m a little bit partial perhaps, I live in an area where gray is...

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