I am weird, but I don't have to tell you that. Anyone who has read a handful of my blogs can easily arrive at that conclusion. There are levels of weird though - and let's face it, the level matters. It is easy to tolerate a little bit of weirdness - indeed, we may even [...]
Tag: garden
A hot boyfriend or a hot flash – I’ll take either.
Tonight I am hoping that Mother Nature has found herself a hot boyfriend. A boyfriend who warms the cockles of her sometimes chilly heart. My thought is that her Romeo will help forward my fervent wish - that all my garden plots avoid the frost. I am terribly saddened at the thought that my beautiful back [...]
A brief respite…
Yesterday was my one day home between my trip to Canada and my trip to Maryland to teach a class for FEMA. It was almost 12 AM by the time I walked in my front door Friday nite (but I guess that is technically Saturday morning). I had to unpack, launder, and pack again on [...]
Bunnies and hollyhocks…can a girl have both?
My first spring in Kindred I planted Hollyhock seeds in a modest garden plot along the garage. Every year thereafter the hollyhocks came up more prolifically than the year before. They were glorious. When I moved from Kindred, I tried to dig up some of my hollyhocks and take them with me, but they did [...]
Closer to God’s heart…
If I was ever in a situation where I had to decide what to do with the last days, weeks or months of my life, I know exactly what I would do. I think there are lots of folks who have bucket lists with trips or things they have never tried, but want to (like [...]
The earth laughs in flowers…
Emerson once said that the earth laughs in flowers. I agree. There is a joy evident in flowers that makes the heart light - like laughter. For years, I have had a re-occuring dream in which I am living back in my childhood home and the backyard is completely filled with flowers and shrubs that come [...]
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