garden blog
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How I Spend Late Summer Days in my California Garden
In these days which are neither height of bustling summer nor invigorating rush of autumn’s beginning, I start to notice the change in light, my gaze is pushed past the withering sunflowers to the sky. I’m drawn to the the blue canopy above. Everything dying pushes my gaze up, up, up. Isn’t that just like… Continue reading
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Iced Lattes, Classic Tales, & Falling in Love Where You Live
Around this time of year, a copy of a Tolkien or an L.M. Montgomery classic will do. I sit on an old white garden chair, drinking some iced coffee or tea latte, marvel at the breeze, read the good stories, and listen to my children happily play. It feels like cheating some days. And by… Continue reading
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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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Look Inside My Garden Journal + Tips to Start YOURS!
In last week’s post I wrote of reclaiming the lost art of winter. These colder, darker and much shorter days make way for the body to rest and for the heart with all its prayers and dreams to sit in the ground like a seed and be watered. It’s a deep breath. And oh how… Continue reading
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