My baby Mako loves his flowers!
Here he is stopping to literally smell the flowers on a walk — a perfect little reminder to slow down and enjoy the small things. Thanks to Alexis Brush for sharing Mako with us!
Thanks to Alexis for sharing Mako with us. There’s nothing better than a dog who knows how to stop and enjoy the simple pleasures, like a good patch of flowers.
We spent the day at the AKC dog show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on May 20th, 2023 — running from about 10:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon, with a club raffle and prizes throughout the day. If you’ve only ever seen a dog show on TV, going in person is a real treat….
Coleus roots easily in water — take some cuttings and save your coleus over winter! It’s one of the simplest ways to keep your favorite plants going year after year. Just snip a few healthy cuttings, drop them in a glass of water, and within a week or two you’ll have roots forming. Pot them…
After a long Wisconsin winter, it’s good to see those first green shoots pushing up through the dead leaves. These are from April 24th, 2018 — the start of spring in the garden, as far as I’m concerned. If you look close you can see the mint waking up against the warm side of the…
A corner of the house where I’ve got a row of hanging plants strung up along the wall. Pothos and other trailing greenery hang from ceiling hooks, with a snake plant and a few others soaking up the light by the window. The vines soften up the room and bring a little of the garden…
Update (October 2026) Google Play Music shut down at the end of 2020, so these steps no longer work. Google moved its music service over to YouTube Music, and the web download option went with it. You can download with the desktop Music Manager or from the web. This will show you how to download…
My plants growing under florescent light fixtures I have setup in the basement. Hoya, Pothos, Philodendron, Desert Rose, Jade, Euphorbia milii, Various Cactus, and Rosemary, among others. This indoor growing light setup has turned out to be very effective and the plants look great. I water almost all of these plants every other day. They…