After having them around for months, Debbie, my sister-in-law, recently decided to frame two SpringMoon prints she had originally asked me for to show her Mom, when ‘Oma’ was doing some redecorating. The bold coral abutilon ‘bells’ with its gritty digital textures and the serene maple with its delicate flowers & winged seeds are two [...]

Our local natural flood plain ~ The Laguna de Santa Rosa ~ part of the Russian River watershed is world renown, so I learned yesterday from a local creeks management employee. A valuable wetlands ecosystem, the Laguna serves to catch excess water from back-to-back seasonal rainstorms that drench Sonoma county every few winters, usually in [...]

AUTUMN is harvest time. Sunlight slants lower in the sky, nights lengthen and chill, prompting my little cat Jaeci to ask to sit in my lap all day long. Summer fruits disappear from the farmers market, while fall fruits & vegetables take center stage ~ fat maroon figs; juicy grapes of all varieties; rainbow-hued tomatoes [...]