CFFC: Winter and Summer


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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Mid-December Garden Update


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The Flower Hour #10: December Blooms


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CFFC: Looking Back at Autumn and Spring 2025 #WordlessWednesday


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#WeekendCoffeeShare – The First Weekend of December


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#WeekendCoffeeShare – A Productive Week Before Road-tripping


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#SundayStills: Thinking of Brighter Things


As the days become shorter and the nights become longer, I can feel S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder) hit me like a ton of bricks. This year, however, instead of feeling like not wanting to do anything (perhaps this will hit me later), I feel annoyed because I haven’t been able to finish the tasks in the garden because of the shorter days. Since my mom’s been in China, I feel like I haven’t stopped working in the garden and now, one week before my mom comes home, I feel like I still have a ton to do. I wish nothing more than for the sun to shine just a little bit longer right now.

If I can have one bright thing to say among this is I’m heading south toward Arizona this week for a couple of days. Checking on the day length, the sun sets about 30 minutes later down by the Grand Canyon, which should help brighten my mood. I am looking forward to visiting the Grand Canyon again and re-doing Horseshoe Bend to make sure my pictures are not drowning in shadows again.

The photo of the raven is from a previous road trip when I visited the Bryce Canyon in December. I remember how bright the snow was, so bright that I was squinting and had to shield my eyes. Sometimes, under the right conditions, snow can be ridiculously bright. Though there’s no forecasted snow during the days I’m at the Grand Canyon, I do hope to maybe see a hint of snow in the distance. Crossing my fingers that the weather cooperates.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – One Week Since…


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#SundayStills: Monthly Color Challenge – Brown and Gray


This picture was taken over 2 years ago and when I look back at the pictures of the garden, I can see just how much has changed and how the climate has changed. My cloud shows me photos of the day’s past each morning. Yesterday, I was shocked to see that last year at this time, it was snowing. This year, who knows when that will happen. The ski resorts were supposed to open this week but had to be delayed due to the lack of snow, or so the news says.

Meanwhile, all the deciduous trees in my backyard dropped its leaves simultaneously last week and with the rain that came a few days ago, everything is still sopping wet. I suppose I will just have to hand-scoop the leaves and pile onto the soil to be used as mulch.

Having been gardening for a few years now, I love seeing mushrooms in the garden and anywhere. Mushrooms are my friends. They are present when there is something to decompose. I couldn’t believe how much mushroom I saw in the garden last year, especially in the asparagus bed. Alas, I didn’t take a picture of them. I found these big fellas near a pond when I visited the mountains a few years ago but you get the idea. I hope to have more mushroom in the spring since I scattered a whole 5-pound bag of mushroom spawn earlier this year.

Okay, enough brown, let’s do gray. I don’t like just any gray skies but first, I should clarify. There is photogenic gray skies and non-photogenic gray skies. This is the photogenic kind of gray sky. The non-photogenic kind is what I’ve been experiencing the last few days. It does not make me want to leave the house. On the other hand, this gray sky makes my photos so much more unique and special.

Do you think so?

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – A lot on the mind


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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Counting Down the Days to Next Trip


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Here we go again


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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Hello November 2025


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Extended Weekend


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#WeekendCoffeeShare – First Frost and Health Surprise


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Reflecting on the Weekend


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#Flower Hour: Autumn Leaves


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Reflection on the Weekend


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#WeekendCoffeeShare – A Visitor to the Garden


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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Garden Project and Harvest


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CFFC: Framed by Nature #WordlessWednesday


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Sweet Potato Harvest


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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Birthday Week


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