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Summer Bouquets from My Cottage Garden
In 2018 when we officially began our little porch garden I never dreamed I would have this many flowers to cut and make into bouquets for neighbors and friends. But that’s the thing— God does life. He multiplies it. He spills it over and over and over. Flowers die and in their deaths, abundant seeds… Continue reading
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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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Fairies Move into the Summer Garden!
On a warm and cloudy summer morning I walked into the garden to find a fairy family had moved into the flower bed. Quite a history they must have, but I’m thrilled they ended up in our neck of the woods, or more accurately our garden in the northern California foothills. As you see here… Continue reading
