Wishing you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I am now living in Southern California with my son and his family for almost two weeks. It came suddenly and it worked out just perfectly too. All things granted with favors from God, and this quote fits

This was a different type of zinnia I had in my flower pot last year, The petals were pointy at the end, all rolled up! It looked like a bursting star at full bloom. I had the orange, and red color in

This was my backyard wild rose! I know it is not the regular normal rose, since at the end of their life cycle, there were rose hips on them. I have heard rose hips are amazing for health benefits, and

These were the yellow leaves on a beautiful clear blue sky! It is the bit of sunshine I bring to you today. We either have rain or snow at this time of year now, and to see these pretty yellow leaves somewhat

These photos were taken last month, before winter hit us in November! The sunrise through this patch of thick tree branches. I shot right through it as an experiment; and I like the result. Some time clear

Squirrels are scavengers in my neck of the woods! They started to collect food, whatever they can find, eat, and store up for winter. The nuts, they will bury, but bread, apple, and other edibles they

So many flowers when they are mature or getting to the end of their lives, they still have that graceful beauties about them. The colors might change, The petals might shrink and might dry up, but if you

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL

The Holidays season is upon us, and kindness has always been called on strongly. There are people standing out in front of almost every big stores, ringing bell, and asking for donation to help the less

It is funny how people said with climate change, we will have a milder winter! Wrong! Winter came with a big bang in the first few days of November. Snow, ice and hail all in one day! I have lived here

Time to post something bright and shine, and black eyed Susan has that perfect vibrant color to just make the day better. Yellow! Yellow sunshine! Yellow cheery color! My black eyed Susan doesn't do well

These photos are all natural. (I only resized and watermarked my photos.) This is how it looks in my world. Gray as gray can be. And the black birds were having a gathering on top of the tree across the

I am working on ironing out my mental anguishes, and I found wonderful short quotes to be a great way to keep my mind in the right direction. It helps me to forget the frustrations, and the invisible wars

Every time I sign in to SteemIt, my feelings sink a bit further and then I wonder why I am here! Things slip down and down and squeeze the livelihood out of my enthusiasm. Am I the only one who feels like

This pink rose of Sharon was catching the sun, sun light of summer, flower of summer that was. Days went on without sun light here in my neck of the wood. No more flowers, no more colors! I do however,

Lets us take some time to unwind after a day of madness, Since the outside world is limited by strong wind and snow, I am playing with editing my photo. It is a beautiful two colors mum flower. Usually,

It has only been a couple of gloomy weeks, and I am already missing the colors in the sky, the colors of flowers, the moon, the sun, and the livelihood of nature! It is too dormant now. Every year when

Join @lenasveganliving for #fruitsandveggiesmonday, won't you? Out of the blue, a close friend from many years ago called, I haven't heard from her for a very long time! Our children went to school together,

Good morning Sunday! With winter settling in, the days are mostly gray and blooming. This is when I dig into my archives, and looking for vibrant colors of flowers, of sky, of anything that can lift the