Do you like seeing daisies? Usually by June, the fields where I walk the dogs have plenty of daisies to enjoy. There is just something so cheerful about a daisy bloom, especially when it just pops up out of the green grasses to add color and a sunny feel to the field. The common name daisy originates from the Old …
Sunflowers of Joy
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It’s what sunflowers do.” ~Helen Keller Sunflowers make me smile. I once titled one of my Heart of Hollyhill books, Sunflowers of Joy. That title was eventually changed to Summer of Joy, but my first idea for a title showed how I think of sunflowers as something that can …
The Peonies are Blooming
May 19, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. The peonies are blooming here in Holly County. Most every yard has at least one bush. Nobody knows who planted the first bush in Holly County. Some early settler must have carried a bulb in from Virginia, because, to hear people tell it, every bush since has been started …