Dances With Flowers

People (and animals) who suffer from arthritis may not find complete relief from the medications they are given.  Either the medications are too strong, or they don’t provide the hoped-for comfort.  Over the years, I’ve heard many stories from people who have arthritis — or have relatives who do.  And finally one of my clients [...]

Happy Fourth of July!  Or is it, for your pets?
When the bangs and whistles start, or else the loud thunder bangs of a lightning storm, your pet can take a sudden dive under the bed (or, as one dog-owner calls it, “heads for the bomb shelter”)
Loud noises don’t seem to bother some animals.  For others, [...]

As I write this, there isn’t much sun out there right now.  But it’s the 2nd day of Summer — and there will surely be some sun and heat before the summer’s over.  But I bet one thing you never thought of to help with the sunburns or heat exhaustion (for you or for your [...]

If your trauma circuits get triggered ~ which can happen in any of thousands of ways, from a hangnail to sudden news of a death or tragedy, or from an accident ~ it’s great if you can quickly and easily “reset” your circuits to normal, so that you can deal with what actually happened, without [...]

This spring has been a glorious one for the iris. We’re blessed with several different varieties, all doing their best to be exuberant and lovely this year.
Here’s a peek at some of them:
And here’s another section, from the Japanese irises (more dainty but very robust):
And, last but not least, here are some of the [...]