Tag Archives: IMA

Gift #1147: Winterlights

How’s your new year unfolding?  Today was one of the first bitterly cold days we’ve had in a while.  We’ve had snow flurries almost all day and that has reminded me of my recent visit to Winterlights.  This is an … Continue reading

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Gift #1121: Orchids

Well hello everyone and welcome to March!  We’re on the home stretch into spring now.  It’s really, really hard for me to get through January and February, but once we get into March I feel like I can breathe a … Continue reading

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Gift #1087: Audubon’s Birds

I’ve been spending the evening trying to finish up a shawl.  I’m so close that it’s tantalizing and I thought with some dedicated work I could be binding off by tomorrow.  And that would mean I’ve finished two shawls and … Continue reading

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Gift #1075: Orchid Fever

Hello everyone and welcome officially to spring.  Here in my neck of the woods, it’s spring in name only.  The outdoors hasn’t got the message.  Our blast of cooler weather continues and I walked outside today through the shredded, brown … Continue reading

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Gift #1070: Green shoots and white blooms

Behold, green shoot burst from the cold, hard earth!! Yes, our bulbs are starting to emerge which means that spring is not far away.  We haven’t had much of a winter – in fact today was near 70 – so … Continue reading

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Gift #990: Orchids again

Last month I promised to show you more orchid pictures from the exhibit at the art museum that my mom and I attended.  I thought that would be a good post for today since I don’t have much in the … Continue reading

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GIft #579: Ferns

“Only spread a fern-frond over a man’s head and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in.”  John Muir Little ferns growing in the greenhouse.  Though they aren’t big enough to cover my head I … Continue reading

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Gift #276: IMA

Over the weekend my mom and I went on our first visit to the Indianapolis Museum of Art.  I say first, because we will most certainly be going back…often.  It is among the top 10 oldest and largest museums of … Continue reading

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