Chocolate brown iris given to me years ago by a friend who died last year at 104. @brightgee

Madeline exhibits her extraordinary feline ambition.

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There must be some great captions for this photo. It's early & all I can come up with is "canine road rage".

@faraway67 Here is a glimpse of the ruins behind Rosslyn Chapel. Dated 1386

One of my all-time favorite moments. JT at age five.

Thinking Madeline has the right idea for this cold grey winter's afternoon.

Ho, ho, ho!

This is now Madeline suffered through the power outage

Honeybee having its way with a spearmint blossom.

Madeline demonstrating what might be a good thing for me to do right now. @lillafriend

The picked raspberries, which is the photo I originally intended to tweet.

And pink Columbine, just because. The yellow hasn't bloomed yet.

Purple Columbine. Love these, as do the bees.

Encountered these lovelies while picking rhubarb to take to the plant sale.

My favorite outdoor meditation spot.

Get read to pucker up, kids. It's rhubarb season!

The season's first cuttings of homegrown asparagus. Come to mama!