Garden Gate

As you know, I also like to hang out in gardens.  Here is a gate in the Chicago Botanic Garden, with a Clematis vine I pulled in from around the corner.  I love the round ball on top of a squared off column, concrete and brick, softened by plants.  I also love the collaboration between

Sandy

I wanted to share this wonderful dog with you because she represents a big life lesson for me.  Like most people, I expect, I found myself doing a lot of things I really hated.  Too much of a “pleaser”, I could not say no to requests to paint signs for businesses or toy trains for