My day started when I came downstairs to shower and saw Maria sitting on the back porch reading, thinking, and sitting with Zinnia. I can’t think of a more beautiful sight in all of the world than Maria or a better way to start the day.

Tomorrow, I’ll take Maria out for breakfast and go to the Farmers Market. I hope to read for much of the afternoon. Be safe, dry, warm, and peaceful. Emma and Robin are on a plane fleeing the California hurricane and returning to New York City. She got on a plane.

I’m thinking of the people who will suffer from all that rain. My wish is that it is not as bad as I feared.

I’m mesmerized by purple.

Tin Man looks like a flower himself. He’s very happy in my garden bed. Ed Gulley would be proud.

Minnie goes into this hole leading to a way under the porch. We haven’t seen her all day.

Pink and blue.

I’m enjoying my exploration of Hen Art. It is almost hauntingly beautiful to me.