Nature Journal
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April Snow Showers on Wildflowers
Last week it finally and truly snowed here in the Foothills. And I was thrilled. Earlier this year we were supposed to experience a big winter storm. We were supposed to get snow and I was expecting a power outage and everything. I kept watching and waiting for the snow. Looking out the window over and over again to… Continue reading
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Laughing in the Cold
March blusters in with buttercups below winter-bare trees. And perhaps, we don’t much admire this month which is neither warm nor cold, beautiful or ugly, simply because it unravels much like the way our heart feels most the time. We are both winter and spring, joyful and grieving, growing old and becoming young again. A… Continue reading
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Our Little Corner of The Sky
Pictured below is one of the most magical moments I’ve experienced as a mother. It was a Saturday morning in late 2023. The toys were strewn and the sunlight pierced our garden so gently. My son was swinging in the “big kid” swing just past the Little Tikes baby swing. As a baby and into… Continue reading
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Buttercups Dare Me to Believe It
I felt the tears well behind my eyes walking up to the four buttercup blooms. I first noticed the telltale yellow burst of a flower while in the middle of an ordinary task as I passed by our bedroom window. Soon after I would sit in the cool grass, hear the frogs and the birds,… Continue reading
Sierra V. Fedorko 