california garden
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Summer Wildflower Tour
If you want to start a garden but don’t know how to start… The solution is simple. Find a flower pot or purchase a simple raised flowerbed and throw wildflowers atop the soil like a blanket. Then? Toss soil over the top of those seeds for a light covering and soak in with water Viola!… Continue reading
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Flowers Are Hardy—throw those seeds at the wind & see
Planting sunflower seeds every year usually ends up being quite a treat and watching it unfold often ends up being a beautiful thing to behold! Last year Ben and I planted on Mother’s Day by moonlight. This year we did it later than ever and in shifts. Ben prepped the bed and I came a… Continue reading
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A Poem for the Faithless (I understand.)
more than once Ibentthe vineto make sure therewas life(oh ye of little faith)and then one day whilelooking awayit bloomed,of course it did.(Lord, help myunbelief.) -S.V.F., Faith read more: The Heart of Hugh – launching this spring Hope is a Gangly Thing – words for March The Grace of God in Seasons of Pain Continue reading
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The Audacity – a poem for winter nights
The following is one of the few poems I wrote in the fall when I was finalizing Carol of the Mourning Dove and sharing it with the world. While it was a poem inspired by my sunflowers in the autumn, I think it is quite a fitting dare and resolution for these winter nights. I… Continue reading
