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Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

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“Against all odds, a seed rises from darkness and beautifies the universe.” ~ Matshona Dhliwayo   These words…these are my hope.  As of Friday, we were still very cold in the 30s and 20s with daily snow and snow on...

Showing Up In My Veg Garden

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“A comfortable home is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.”  ~Sydney Smith   I equate my garden with my home, and when it is looking and feeling comfortable, I feel happy.  But...

Judging Less, Learning More

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“When we are judging everything, we are learning nothing.”  ~Steve Maraboli     This life lesson of judging is most difficult for me.  Let’s face it I’m human, and as humans especially in our society today, we seem to judge...

Focusing On The Journey

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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life. ~Eckhart Tolle It has been 8 long months since I was last here on this blog. More months than I...

A Coordinated Balance

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“Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as...

Judging Less, Learning More

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“When we are judging everything, we are learning nothing.”  ~Steve Maraboli     This life lesson of judging is most difficult for me.  Let’s face it I’m human, and as humans especially in our society today, we seem to judge...

Wishes For My Garden

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“My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.” ~Claude Monet   I’ll tell you a secret…..I often make wishes.  I think it stems from my childhood when we would find dandelion seed heads,...

Winter Scenes To Melt My Heart

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“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is time for home.” ~Edith Sitwell   When winter is relentless, bringing cold and...

Interesting Critter Encounters

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“Much of human behavior can be explained by watching the wild beasts around us. They are constantly teaching us things about ourselves and the way of the universe, but most people are too blind to watch and listen.”  ~Suzy Kassem...

Tending The New Veg Garden

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“Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” ~ Swami Sivananda   Starting seeds can seem like a small act, but the rewards are so big and so many.  And I still...

My Garden Is Anxious For Spring

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“The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.”  ~Harriet Ann Jacobs   For all my handwringing in late March, because spring did not seem to be sticking around, I was...

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

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“Against all odds, a seed rises from darkness and beautifies the universe.” ~ Matshona Dhliwayo   These words…these are my hope.  As of Friday, we were still very cold in the 30s and 20s with daily snow and snow on...

Showing Up In My Veg Garden

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“A comfortable home is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.”  ~Sydney Smith   I equate my garden with my home, and when it is looking and feeling comfortable, I feel happy.  But...

Focusing On The Journey

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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life. ~Eckhart Tolle It has been 8 long months since I was last here on this blog. More months than I...

Losing My Garden

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“A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul.” ~Sadi Ranson When I moved in January of 2020, I knew that the small garden bed that surrounded our rental townhouse was not mine. But I was encouraged to plant a garden. Nothing elaborate, but yes put in some lovely shrubs …

Seasonal Traveller

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“To stay in one place and watch the seasons come and go is tantamount to constant travel; one is traveling with the earth.” ~ Marguerite Yourcenar For those who have read my blog since the beginning, you may remember my meme, Seasonal Celebrations. I used to piggy back with Beth Stetenfeld’s, Lessons Learned, on her …

Exploring Color: White

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“White covers a multitude without which no color can be seen; yellow for the earth; green for water; blue for air; red for fire; and black for total darkness.”  ~ Leonardo Da Vinci My obsession with the color white began when I started a white garden at my old house in a semi-shady area.   …

Letting Go In My Garden

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“Build it, tend it, enjoy it. And when the time comes let it go.” ~Jack Kornfield I am assessing and enjoying the new garden as spring dawns. It has been a tough spring with surprises, losses and some victories. Even though I have been complaining about the weather, really, the truth is every spring the …

My Green World

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“Her green mind made the world around her green.” ~Wallace Stevens, Description Without Place The world around me is finally greening up. The leaves are starting to unfurl which is always a sign of more song birds coming. This week, like clock work, the male hummingbirds and Baltimore orioles arrived and found the feeders. Soon …

A Container Full of Hope

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“The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.” ~Samuel Johnson So this foray into mostly container gardening is like beginning again. And so I am back to the beginner’s mindset. Learning, failing with some successes. But as my other learning experiences with gardening have taught …
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