Starting with Jacksonville’s white sand beaches on the Atlantic coast as the perfect anchor for a couple of days exploring this beautiful northeast corner of Florida, the Casa Marina Hotel & Restaurant is...
With the arrival of spring I typically over-populate my “To Do” list as I emerge from the cold weather doldrums (yes, even in SE Coastal Georgia, this Michigan transplant suffers during...
Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. – Stevie Wonder God...
My grandmother’s garden was laid out in neat, wide rows of color framed by golden brown swaths of rumpled soft earth. I came to think of her garden as the natural order of...
February’s birth month flower is the violet. I’ve been acquainted with the wild flower variety since childhood. Growing up in Michigan, I loved looking for them in the spring. These tiny, sweet violets...
Carnations have always been one of my favorite go-to flowers. I discovered long ago how wonderfully long lasting they are as cut flowers and since I love having fresh flowers in my home, and I like...
Cemeteries exemplify the coming together of life and death, nature and culture. Knowledge and emotion. The past and the future meet. It’s often a place to be quiet. To meditate. To allow a...
Photos by Nancy Kirkpatrick “Life is a canvas, you are the brush, and all the colors lay before you. Paint your portrait.” – Chris Mott Vibrant reds. Orange. Yellow. Green. Blue. Purple. Pink. Nancy’s photography can be...