A Caribbean Seascape .. I sat down once again with the intention of creating .. A better watercolor sunset, and this time I truly believe I did just that. I began the process the same way I have many times

"It encourages me to pause, take a closer look at what is right in front of me.." Another quick post for the Picture A Day Hive community. I quickly realized that posting a photo every single

A Travel Inspired Painting .. What a great day to reminisce .. About the memories we created on a trip we took to St John a couple of years ago. Yesterday we received eight inches of snow sleet and freezing

Winter Is About To Smack Us .. So as the weather apps all start flashing warnings .. And the talk of snow totals fills the air, I figured today was as good a day as any to share a couple of older pieces

Short, Sweet, and a Little Bit of Pepper Posting in a slightly different way today. I usually sit down to write something "quick" and end up spewing out a five-minute read. Every time I tell

Excuses Excuses .. So yeah, it’s been seven days since my last post. Wow how time flies yet again. Even with my new goals in mind when 2025 turned to 2026, and my intention to post more often, it still

Orchid Update So I am back with another long overdue Orchid Update .. And while it may feel like not much has been happening .. There are actually some quiet victories unfolding. Since repotting all of

Hazel NO! Leave Huxley Alone.. Hazel NO! Give That Back To Huxley.. Haaaazel.. Don't! Hazel Grace is constantly on the move. And getting into some form of mischief. From the moment she wakes up she is

So I held true to my New Years thoughts and ambitions .. And finally finished one of those watercolor paintings.. That had been sitting unfinished for far too long. I wish I could say it felt completely

So With The New Year Comes New Thoughts Some of us may make resolutions .. But in my experience those only last so long before they get put back on the shelf. I always have lots of thoughts on what I want

Man It's Been A Long While, Has it not? October 15th was my last post.. And it honestly feels like another lifetime ago. Life has been full of work and all those other busy things that tend to stack up

Not An Orchid Update .. But rather a Cacti Update.. hehehe. My cactus plants never do anything but grow taller, so I rarely write about them. I don't water them as much as my other plants, so maybe that's

So Yeah… It’s Been a While So yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve been Hiving around here. As I scroll through some of my favorite content creator blogs, I realize just how much I’ve missed it. I truly

Well HELLO AGAIN My Friends Error No Signal .. Sorry for the long absence here on Hive. Life got busy. And not just the everyday kind of busy.. this was full throttle crazy. Work hit its peak season and

Still Stacking .. I promised you in my last post that I would write soon about some new silver additions to our stack. Well here it is. Four shiny new ounces added to the vault. Two beautiful 2024 W Silver

I guess you can gather from the title that we have a bit of everything happening around here. Orchid things. Life cycle things. Still blooming, starting to fade, and yes even signs of new growth. It is

Life Lately Wowzers.. it had been 20 days since my last post. I didn’t exactly plan to be MIA for so long, but sometimes life just fills up all the available space. Spring has been ultra-busy for us..

Easter Sunday Reflections With Vanda Pachara Delight Good morning, friends.. And what a beautiful Easter morning it is. The kind of morning where you can't help but pause, breathe a little deeper, and

Time For A Haircut! Not for me, though .. I don’t have quite enough left to make a blog post out of it. Hehehe. My wife, on the other hand, does, but she won’t let me within ten feet of her head while

Journal Entry 74 - A Couple of New Discoveries .. I know I literally just wrote a journal entry a few days ago, but I noticed something today that was such a big surprise I had to share it right away.