Iced Tea

 Here's another version of "iced tea!"  :-)  The Pacific Northwest has had quite the number of winter weather events this year, very unusual for us. This was taken last weekend after freezing rain.

My tea plant, Cami (short for Camellia), lives happily on the back balcony.  At least she did until last night when we had a snow storm!  I'm happy to report that the limb is bent, but not broken.

Mother Nature commands my attention, my respect, and my hard work to protect her.

Stolen Moments

I've decided that I need moments of creativity every day, or at least nearly every day. 

They can be spontaneous.

They can be brief. 

They can be stolen moments, in the middle of something else. 

Maybe it's picking out my socks

Or arranging the papers on my desk

Perhaps it's a doodle on the edge of a notebook

Or a new solution for a problem

Maybe it's placing a pretty fabric in a splash of sunshine

Or being inspired by someone else's creativity

It doesn't take long, but it does sustain me.