Anticipation is a stimulating and frustrating place to be for many of us. When I walk around the garden during spring, I get excited by all the evidence of what is to come in the rest of the year. I see flower buds ready to bloom, baby fruit beginning to grow. Catch a scent offRead more about In Anticipation[…]

                        As we were sitting in our living room recently, we could hear some neighbors pausing by the front yard. It was fun to overhear their comments on our garden through the open window. Their compliments pleased us and we were glad that theyRead more about Art in the Garden[…]

We love having a naturalized garden! Every year there is more life present with less work on our part. This lovely time of year when we are sliding between the last rains of winter and the blossoming of spring is one of our favorites! The garden is full of volunteer plants that come back yearRead more about Egrets, Mustard and Calendula[…]

In February each year, I begin to feel the opening of my heart when I’m in the garden. I look around and am deeply touched by the first signs of spring. The delicate blooms of the snowdrop, the pure green of the miner’s lettuce, the little leaves of the irises and daffodils peeking out fromRead more about Heartfelt Garden Blessings[…]

Recently, I was taking some time to enjoy the winter sunshine in the garden. It had rained the day before and the air was fresh and clean. The sunshine on my face was soft and delicate. Pure joy was found in this simple moment of stopping and sitting in the winter sun. As I wanderedRead more about Winter Delicately[…]

How do you ring in the New Year? Are you running and jumping into the unknown possibilities of the future? Are last year’s challenges dragging you across the finish line into the next phase of life? Are you cautiously peering into the potential that a new year brings? Regardless of your mindset at this timeRead more about A New Year’s Blog[…]

The cool, rainy weather of autumn brings with it a feeling of wistfulness, and oddly enough, at the same time, peace. Turning inside to discover who I am at this moment is always a good experience during this season. Perhaps it is because it is near my birth-time that I find this season so ripeRead more about Hawk Presence[…]

As the hot and hotter days of summer slid into fall, I pondered the beautiful array of life that I have witnessed in the garden from June to September. In the heat of the summer, when meandering around to see what was happening, I came upon the Passion Fruit vine that hosts the Fritillary butterfly.Read more about Meandering in the Garden[…]

As we feel the reverberating effects of the solar eclipse, it is valuable to reflect on the condition of our internal world and what we bring into the external world. It is so easy to get caught up in the swirling energy of hate and destruction that is so visible these days. Instead, I inviteRead more about Life Is All Around Us[…]

Every year the garden gives me an abundance of fruits that I love to play around with – looking for new ways to enjoy them and share them with others. One of the ways that I found to share the “fruits of our labor” throughout the year is to make liqueurs. They are easy andRead more about Sweet Summer Fun[…]