As I was sharing in the previous post Framed Heart Art, these flowers of the trees can get quite messy this time of the year, specially when the wind blows them all over. It was May 2003, and I was dreading the fact it was that time of the year. We were living in our previous home where the driveway was at an incline, from the street to our garage – allowing all the flowers of the trees to blow from the street into our driveway. In order to...

The other night Rylee and Meabh stopped by to visit and the seeinghearts.com project came up and Meabh asked if I had a favorite heart and story. The first one that came to mind was the one I had found and since made into a framed art picture. This Framed Heart Art now hangs on the wall above the TV in our living room. The Heart is made of flowers of the trees. For those of U who are not familiar with this term it is also know as the bud caps;...

I have been spending several evenings pulling together all our family’s heart photos – I didn’t realize till now how many we have – WOW!  Not to mention all the heart shaped items we have found over the years and placed throughout our home. This photo was taken at the Arboretum in Chanhassen, MN 4 years ago. I was with Cady Babé – my one special lady!  Cady a big love of my life was with us for eight years, so there are numerous photos and...

Yesterday afternoon my son, Tyler, ran up to me and said, “Mom! I found a heart for your friend, Mark!” It was a beautiful pink petal from our Bleeding Heart bush in our backyard. A few weeks ago I told my 8 and 10-year-old sons about Mark’s story of how he and his son and daughter were seeing hearts all around. I told them to point them out to me if they ever saw one. So far we’ve seen a several…rocks, clouds,...

As I was sharing in my previous post, regarding how excited I get each time I discover a new heart.  One of the memorable reactions to my excitement of a found heart came from my son and this leaf. About 8 years ago, Brett and I were just finishing taking Buckles for a walk, when we walked past a tree that was located on our boulevard right by our driveway (at our previous home). As we were walking I had spotted the leaf on a small branch a...