S ince I started blogging just over a year ago, I have met many interesting and talented people from all over the world, people I ...

    W e can all agree that a doctor's waiting room is no place we really want to be at, but no matter why you're there, you might...

    I t seems like it was just yesterday that it was autumn and I was planting spring bulbs in my garden and anticipating their arrival.  ...

    I t's spring here in the Willamette Valley and I think it is one of the most beautiful springs I can remember!  Flowering ornamen...

    H ello, and welcome back to Under The Plum Blossom Tree!  I've been away for awhile taking care of family matters, and now, happi...

    T he season of rain here in the Willamette Valley of Oregon is in full swing.  When it's raining, the sky becomes one big mass of ...

    K awaii (pronounced Kah-wah-ee) is known in Japan as the 'incredible cute syndrome'.  Dating as far back as the Late Shogunat...