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Can you say heliconia?

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

“Can you say heliconia?” asked Coco of the little Mouse.  She was very much in her element, seeing green and talking plant.  I remember when the GAP was a foreign exchange student in Montpelier, France.  She enrolled in a Spanish class while … Continue reading →

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Chop, chop

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

The long hours with little time for outside professional beauty treatments have left me with a straggly do.  That coupled with my propensity to gravitate scissors… you can only imagine.  Last week I’d got a little more adventuresome than I … Continue reading →

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Too much time on my hands

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

If you think working 100+ hours a week, coupled with the fact that the grandkids are out of town on their annual snow trip to Big Bear, won’t leave me with any time to get in trouble, think again.  With … Continue reading →

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Wild hairs

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

If you’re thinking I’m writing this post about cute little bunnies , think again. I’m getting old.  More parts come out at night than stay in.  I’m like a car on its last leg.  I’ve got leaks, and the only … Continue reading →

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Rainy days and Fridays

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

It’s November.  The days are shorter.  Yesterday morning I drove to work in the dark.  Mellow songs played on the radio in the background as the earth received an early morning shower.  The first rain of the season gently fell on … Continue reading →

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Down and dirty

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

I was having one of those days.  One of those days that creep up on you.  One of those days you could do without.  Even a shirtless Ryan Gosling would have trouble putting a smile on my face.  I’d promised … Continue reading →

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Proud mama

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Yesterday the Bug, my oldest grandchild, and I attended a flower festival at the Grow Native Nursery, part of the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens.  We were assigned by Coco, my daughter, the nursery manager, to look like interested buyers.  … Continue reading →

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Diamonds in the sand

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Out of the clear blue sky, like the opening of stage curtains for an entertaining Broadway show…  Pick a little, talk a little.  Laugh, laugh, laugh.  Pick a little more, talk a little more.  Laugh again.  Question:  What do you get, when … Continue reading →

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How appropriate

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

When my kids screw up (believe it or not, they still do), I say, “How’d that happen.”  The truth of the matter is, I know.  They take after me.  My daughter Coco knows I love irises and since she digs and … Continue reading →

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Hi, Iris

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Mom and I agreed on one thing.  Spring was our favorite season.  The other day I walked out of my front door, and lo and behold, “It’s right around the corner.”  My first flower of spring had taken bloom. “Buttercup,” … Continue reading →

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