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Category: Encouragement

  • Elegant Memorial

        The style? Second Renaissance Revival.   A memorial to Henry Flagler's Daughter, Jennie Louise Benedict.   Built in 1889.   I suppose all fathers love their daughters (and sons) just as much, and would show them in beautiful ways if they could.   I suppose, in truth, we all love each other just…

  • That Magnificent Amaryllis

        Showing signs of life after being transpotted, here it comes again, that magnificent Amaryllis!   There's a lot of information packed into those bulbs – information and beauty and wonder.        

  • The Silver Lining

        With all the snow up north, the daffodills will be smiling so brightly when they bloom!   It's the Nitrogen in the snow that nourishes their roots and the earth.   Spring will be spectacular.            

  • Watch This!

        Watch out!       Aden, over a year ago, during one of our warm winters!    

  • Fence Sitting?

        Are you having trouble making a decision, feeling like there might be something more on the other side of the fence? Talking it over with friends?     Ready for a different perspective?     Sitting on a fence has its merits. You get to see at least two versions of your story,…

  • May Flowers

        This azalea looks so happy!!! No matter where you prune an azalea, it will bloom there, at the end of the stem.   Would that we were all so willing to thrive, no matter the scrapes and cuts that come our way.   Perhaps we are… after all, humans are considered to be…

  • Flowers Aren’t Always Beautiful…

        If you get into a funk (and we all do from time to time), can you approach your confusion with love? Can you stop worrying about the particulars, especially with people, anyone, and worry more about loving them? Not in a way that you give love away, but more that you are sharing…

  • Time For Some Cheer!

        Cheers!           Orchids at Longwood Gardens, last summer.     Related articles Orchids & Poetry

  • The Promise

        Although Spring might be delayed this year, it will come.   Don't lose heart.        

  • Are You Having Fun?

        Up and down, up and down. These steps take you down to the river or up into town..   (The red pill or the blue pill?)   Life or just getting by?   It's not that simple, is it – up or down? Life is everywhere! In the murmuring river below, or the…