Category: Gardens

  •     Happy pansies!   Why not?      

  •   You might be wondering how our little amaryllis is doing…     Well!     Just over a month later and it's about to burst into bloom, on five spindly stems.   Oh my!      

  •     Little green tree frog, asleep in a bamboo chime!   Shhhh…        

  •   To be just a wet stone, or to reflect the sky above?     Changing your focus can conjure up magic,  like this reflection in a very shallow pool of rainwater.                  

  •     Remember our little leaf from a week ago?     Yes, one week later!     And another one on the way!   Ain't life great?          

  •     What if you really really loved yourself and you stopped beating yourself up?   Think how (and don't take this the wrong way), everyone around you would be much happier?!   What if lollygagging at least half of the time is what it's all about?   Could you love yourself better?   The…

  •     This bit of springtime magic is…       at the end of this, and in a few weeks…       it will unfold into that!     We do that too, but it takes a lot longer to come into our magnificence.   At least for me it did, does…  …

  •     It's the season for huge blossoms on our azaleas.   Some years are better than others, but this year is up there with the best.       St. Augustine's Azaleas, 2014.      

  •     Two Cardinals calling back and forth to one another in the woods today.   It's Springtime again.   A friend's Mom goes into Hospice.   A nephew's brand new baby girl arrives safely – plump and happy!   As you get older, you see it more clearly.   (Breathe out. Breathe in.)  …

  •     What's your favorite green?     Happy Saint Patty's Day!