This is my mini schefflera, also called a dwarf umbrella plant, and it has really filled out. The glossy, finger-like leaves fan out like little umbrellas, and it’s grown full enough to make a statement up on its brick planter base in the corner. Scheffleras are tough, forgiving houseplants, and this one has been happy here.
Happy 7th Birthday to Vasco! Celebrating my buddy on his big day. Seven years old and still as playful and sweet as ever. Here’s a few photos of the birthday boy in his festive best. Happy 7th Birthday, Vasco buddy — we love you!
A quiet July afternoon at Asylum Point in Oshkosh: a stone WPA lighthouse that was never lit, a calm view of Lake Winnebago, and wild black raspberries my dad found along the shore.
Here’s Cooper! He is one of our rescues and he is a VERY good boy. That underbite and those orange Halloween accessories give him so much character. We love a good rescue story — thanks for sharing Cooper with us! Rescue dogs hold an especially big place in our hearts, and Cooper is proof that…
“Zane is a very special dog, he was born with a birth defect, he has only one eye and he is hair-lipped with a cleft palate. He had to have special care, when he was born he couldn’t nurse from his mother,he had to fed from a bottle from the side of his mouth, I…
I added some new nighttime lighting in the yard, and I’m happy with how it turned out. A landscape spotlight down low throws a warm glow up through one of the trees, lighting the foliage and a few late blooms against the dark. Nice to be able to enjoy the garden after the sun goes…
Vasco is a dog we’ve taken a ridiculous number of photos of over the years, and it’s something to see them all in one place. This gallery is a pile of my favorites — the goofy ones, the ones where he looks like he’s up to something, and plenty in between. That shot of him…