summer garden gift
hens, chicks, offspring given by
grandma who is missed
garden gift
photo by Angie Quantrell
Yakima Valley
descendants of hen and chicks from Grandma Wheetley
Haiku Moment: garden gift
Category Archives: Nature
Sunday Joy
Wishing you a joy-filled day.
Photo by Angie Quantrell
Haiku Moment: goodnight wish
sun sends goodnight wish
illuminating hearts of
plethora at rest
goodnight wish by Angie Quantrell
photo by Angie Quantrell
Yakima Valley
Haiku Moment: blow for wishes
bumper crop awaits
choose, imagine, inhale, wish
pucker up and blow
blow for wishes by Angie Quantrell
Yakima Valley
Haiku Moment: barefoot
toes and roots dig deep
garden girl searches, enjoys;
dines on spring color
barefoot, bare-root seek
connect with God’s fertile earth
nourishment for girl and plant
barefoot by Angie Quantrell
photo by Angie Quantrell
Yakima Valley
Joyful Moment
Photo by Angie Quantrell
Joyful Moment
What a joy! Spring tulips. Clapping my hands . . .
Book Review: The Planet We Call Home, written by Aimee Isaac, illustrated by Jaime Kim
The Planet We Call Home
Written by Aimee Isaac
Illustrated by Jaime Kim
Philomel, 2023
Wow! Thanks to Aimee Isaac and Susanna Hill, I was gifted a copy of The Planet We Call Home. Just in time for the birthday of my youngest grand who will turn 7 very soon. She will love opening her very own autographed copy! Thank you, Aimee and Susanna!
The Planet We Call Home is beautiful! Written in a cumulative style, each phrase is added to the next, so by the end of the story, lines have been repeated and the story internalized. I love this format! The lyrical text is hope-filled and based on nature and conversation of our precious planet Earth. Lovely illustrations complement and extend the story. Back matter provides resources for further reading and ways to help our planet. Well done, Aimee and Jaime!
With Earth Day coming up soon, The Planet We Call Home is just right! It’s also the birthday party day, so I know one 7-year-old who will be reading it on Earth Day.
Joyful Moment
Photo by Angie Quantrell
Haiku Moment: survey my catdom
thinking kitty thoughts
lo! who goes there? it’s all mine;
be gone, trespasser
survey my catdom
fleece regalia is just right,
the queen on her throne
survey my catdom by Angie Quantrell
cat model Monet
Love, Laughter, and Life 