Joyful Puttering: Collecting•Creating•Connecting

I saw this pop of red from a distance on a morning walk....and HAD to see it up close. I was gobsmacked. Mother Nature's magic blows me ...

I've been working on the last section of my mineral puzzle....and it's all words. The artist listed all her hand drawn minerals...ma...

Hang on to people who find joy in your joy! Case Kenny And I would add.... find joy in other people's joy...and maybe they'll hang ...

November at its best has a sort of delightful menace in the air. Anne Bosworth Greene We've been just a bit frosty in the past few week...

The question is now what you look at, but what you see. Henry David Thoreau I just love when Mother Nature gives me an unexpected splash of...

Mother Nature sure knows how to keep things interesting. Here comes one of her strangest plants in the woods: ghost plants...also known as c...

Subtitle: Joy Journal Today I'm celebrating a few finishes....but first....a few Mother Nature moments. This is one of the first butterf...

I feel blessed that we live on a property with a pond. And I'm tickled that we have two families of ducklings on the pond They're so...

I can't help but share this live webcam of an eagle's nest in Big Bear Valley in southern California. Paul and I are just awestruck...

Blessed are those who see beautiful things in humble places. Alyson sent me this s unburst in ice  a few nights ago...and I don't think ...

There were animal tracks here and there on the pond this morning...and Paul and I got a kick out the curved paths that the creatures took.  ...