Sassafras Mama

After an especially hard week, I treated myself to a spa pedicure on Friday afternoon.   Today, while I sat on the front steps getting ready...

When I was a Junior in high school - at age 16 - I complained about the way some male classmates were treating me and the Assistant Principa...

Postings have been light of late because, as seems to be my pattern in the past year, I have gotten behind.   I feel sad when I get behind b...

March is such an expectant month and each year I am convinced that my longing for flowers and blooms has reached a new high.   This year is ...

After some cold months, T and I are back to our weekend walks in the woods.   Last weekend, after a few days of unusual warmth, we headed to...

The forced bulbs are coming along nicely.   I expect the morning sunlight they receive in this spot is helpful. Everywhere I go, I keep my e...

One year ago today, school closed for Spring Break a day early.   I came to work on Friday the 13th to halls empty of students (how is that ...

This day is the halfway mark on the last week before Spring Break.   Flowers are in order and for a whole bunch of reasons. It’s sunny today...

T gave me bulb-forcing vases for Christmas and a few weeks ago, I put some tulip bulbs to work.    They are making progress and I am best-pl...

This will be the last amaryllis post of 2021, as the flowers are beginning to fade. But they kept me company through our snowy February and ...