"Easter Sunrise" teableau for 04/20/25

It was in actuality a cloudy lightening of the sky rather than a sunrise when I let my dog out at dawn, but the bird choir didn't care, emitting a blazing chorale to the day even if the solar orb did not.

"Now Rise" teableau for 04/19/15

How can one be comfortable
When others have no joy?
Prepare, then, to rise up,
And all one's gifts
Employ,
To free, to restore,
To be,
For Justice,
An envoy.

"Thrown Together" teableau for 04/18/25

I rigged up this one at my volunteer gig today using borrowed treasures.

"Blue Hue Brew" teableau for 04/17/25

Butterfly blue pea flower tea is a vibrant blue color which can be altered to purple or pink with the addition of lemon. The flavor is pretty mild but it's fun to share with children.

"Little Bunny Frou-Frou" teableau for 04/16/25

A foo-foo bunny bops fieldmice on the head, but a frou-frou bunny gives them a makeover.

"Woodbine & Bluebells" teableau for 04/15/25

The cup & saucer are vintage Salisbury Bone China from England; the pattern is called Woodbine, circa 1946-1960.

"Cherry Boom" teableau for 04/14/25

What a blessing it is to live among a profusion of cherry blossoms every Spring, the abundant billows of them across the landscape, great drifts of them whirling down from overhead, blushing carpets of them underfoot.

"Tea Of Life" teableau for 04/13/25

The Tree of Life was sent by a dear friend who had it made for me after my mother died.

"Dear" teableau for 04/12/25

The deer in my Western Washington woods are Columbian Black-tailed deer, a subspecies of the much larger mule deer found east of the Cascades.

"Queen For a Day" teableau for 04/11/25

Treat yourself royally at least once a year.

"10 April 1998" teableau for 04/10/25

On this day, 28 years ago, the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast.

"April Morning" teableau for 04/09/25

At least once today, please look at a flower, a bird, a wisp of cloud... and just let yourself pause with it in that moment. It helps.

"Waiting For the Wabbit" teableau for 04/08/25

Doggos should get Easter baskets, too.

"One Ringy-Dingy" teableau for 04/07/25

With kind regards to Lily Tomlin.

"Tea & Tulips" teableau for 04/06/25

Bountiful tulip fields grace the Skagit Valley every spring. My cup & saucer understood the assignment, too.

"Just BeeCause" teableau for 04/05/25

"Just because," because bees are a just cause.

"Morning Bath" teableau for 04/04/25

Gonna wash that man right out of our hair...

"Play Date" teableau for 04/03/25

I had to get my mind off things. Here's a teableau of puppies playing in the parlor.

"To a Sweet Chick" teableau for 04/02/25

Birthday teableau for a dear friend.

"Fool For April" teableau for 04/01/25

A few Alice In Wonderland elements seemed in keeping with April Fool's Day, for quirkiness.