Bonni Brodnick Blog

Concrete Water Sculpture North Carolina Museum of Art Can you see where the water flows in and the steel beams start?

"Life Reflecting Art"

Rise up, ye roses, Raise your petals, your thorns and your beauty. Arose, they did, in august, on this afternoon in June.

... this is a nice way to cap a June afternoon.

This is a peony: This is a peony after a huge rainstorm: Any questions?

Yesterday I trimmed the Kousa Dogwood.  Why??  (This is not  a photo of my Kousa. My Kousa is now very trimmed. They look much more luscious untrimmed.) So the question remains:  "Why did I trim my Kousa?"

I love what my brother, Michael, posted today on FB:   Happy Father's Day to the fathers -- past and present -- who impact our lives.

I am trying to abide by the rule that if one picks up something to put it away, one might as well put it away in one step , rather than place it down mid-way and take another step to put it away later. Two steps times a crazillion take up a lot of time. One could be reading a book.

    < -- * *   Here's the link to happiness .  * * -- >

        " ... Hear the echo of their promise, 'I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.' Yet, fast-forward and many, once madly in love, may find themselves cracking marriage jokes they swore they'd never tell. If you start sounding like ..." ~ Read the full story on Huffington Post here . (Feel free to use the Comments section at the end of the article to share your thoughts with our readers.)

POUND RIDGE PAST: Remembrances of Our Townsfolk —written by Bonni Brodnick, with graphic design by Gina Federico and photographs by Fran Collin—reveals what life was like from the rural 1920s to the swinging 1970s in this beautiful town that is often referred to as "God's Country." The book includes first-hand accounts about attending one-room schoolhouses, the day World War II ended, a party at which Albert Einstein was a surprise guest, and tales about farmers, basket makers, artists, teachers, merchants, socialites and local glitterati. Actors and producers, including Tallulah Bankhead, Frank Morgan (the  “Wizard of Oz” himself), Buster Crabbe, Shirley Jones, Eli Wallach, Ann Jackson, Zoe Caldwell and Robert Whitehead; writers Westbrook Pegler and George Bria; radio sports legend Howard Cosell; “Tom and Jerry” cartoonist Jack Zander; and violinist Florian ZaBach were just a few of the celebrities dazzling the calm of the countryside. The book—now i...

Please stop talking now.

Irises and chive blooms. A heavenly mix of flowers and herbs.

Nothing says SUMMER like a honkin' pair of big white shoes.