Materfamilias Writes

Fountain Bamboo — Once in a Lifetime!

Fountain Bamboo — Once in a Lifetime!

My fountain bamboo (fargesia nitida) is blossoming!  I was both excited and, honestly, a bit alarmed when I noticed this on a walk ’round my garden earlier this sunny week (more photos to come).  As…

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Last and First, Past and Present

Last and First, Past and Present

In my last post, I remarked, yet again, how life throwsthe sad and the beautifulat us simultaneously, and leaves it to us to try to reconcile them. Currently, I find myself poised between two other…

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Running with my Camera**

Running with my Camera**

Sometimes, gritty reality sets in. Sometimes, you realize that having a Lovely Lazy Weekend means that you have no time left during the week for decent blogging. Sometimes, you realize that your readers probably don’t…

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Lovely Lazy Weekend

Lovely Lazy Weekend

 I’ve had a lovely weekend, a good portion having been spent right here in my leather armchair, reading a yummy mystery novel (Paula Hawkins’ Girl on a Train), shamelessly ignoring the books I have to…

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And Paris Also Cures the February Blues . . .

And Paris Also Cures the February Blues . . .

 Although my mood did lift yesterday (and I have to say I ended up facilitating two very good classes!), it’s still grey and wet here, and I have to go to a meeting late afternoon…

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Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.