November came with the bursting of my son's flower. It was gifted to us when friends found out we were pregnant with our boy. It then had quite the story in the ground then trampled, then in a Lowe's paint bucket where it recovered, and then in the ground again where it has bloomed to… Continue reading Old Winter Prayer, God’s Blessing & the November Garden
Category: Garden of Green Fables
6 Months Postpartum, Awkward Armfuls & the October Garden
I sat in the garden a few weeks postpartum and felt the breeze. Holding my daughter close to my chest wrapped warm in her colorful quilt. My son played. I smiled. Even laughed. There was a lifting here. Happiness I could feel. The early postpartum fog rose half an inch. mere days postpartum, her birth… Continue reading 6 Months Postpartum, Awkward Armfuls & the October Garden
Magic of California Autumn // The September Garden
It's eating fresh-picked, late-summer blackberries on the first day it feels like autumn is in the air. It's how you are soaking in the last vestiges of summer but enraptured by every gust of wind making a leaf flurry center stage. And you just there in the front seat. It's the first day you're outside… Continue reading Magic of California Autumn // The September Garden
The August Garden // A Happy Handful
There are a couple times a year that tend to be real time markers for me. The New Year/My Birthday (January 6) and August. a friend captured this July moment and it was the last photo I posted to Instagram! Felt so right for this photo to close that account. hence you getting a garden… Continue reading The August Garden // A Happy Handful