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tiny beautiful things

. i bet this flower thinks her dreams can touch the sky . i bet she’s right, too . . Share/Save

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in the land of fairies and fireflies

hummingbirds rule and purple is queen peonies party and white daisies dance in the perfume of regal pink roses and each morning holds the magic of new . wishing you a weekend filled with magic . . ....

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armloads of peonies

The mulching is finally done for another year, and almost as a reward, the peonies all popped out over the weekend. This morning I cut an armful to put ’round the house… because peonies, of all...

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nodding heads and singing hearts

Two years ago, I had more poppies in my garden than I could count. This year just a few, and I miss their happy, nodding heads. Growing up, I lived in a house that had no garden, through we had a...

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standing at attention

A lone larkspur growing in the middle of the patio area, there because I didn’t have the heart to pull it up like a weed. This morning, rushing through life in getting-things-done mode, I stopped to...

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painting poems in fields of glory

beneath a sky that knows no bounds . wishing you a weekend filled with light . . . Share/Save

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lazy lobelia

Summer’s heat has arrived, a bit late and slightly disheveled. Tomatoes begin to grow, mosquitoes rule the land, and the garden fades from peak to tattered. I read and I write and sit beneath the sky....

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susan sings songs of summer

. on a stage built for blue sky and birds . nature’s early morning opera . divine . . . Share/Save

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in the quiet light of morning

. beneath the shade of tallest poplar we sing the song of new beginnings tiny bird sound rustle dancing in a two-step with the sun . wishing you a monday filled with music . . . Share/Save

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denim blues

winding together with late summer grey-green leggy nostalgia in a time-safe box of spent bloom . . .   Share/Save

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september’s darling

of silent blue sky and wondrous cloud clamor holding court in yesterday’s garden . . . . Share/Save

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the always beautiful mess

That I always fall in love with. How could I not? . Wishing you a week filled with beautiful messes. . . . . Share/Save

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kisses and comfort

and soft whispering scent timed from dawn to dusk on a nature-made sundial . wishing you a weekend filled with kisses . . . . Share/Save

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morning dew

The cardinals sit outside my window eating kisses. Blue sky and autumn chill, anemone and silence. We are all whispering this morning, the flowers to each other, and me to myself. Trying not to wake...

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not even almost blue

and every year i think of working harder to force the soil to produce blue hydrangeas but then i think how much these so obviously just want to be pink . . . wishing you a weekend filled with color ....

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so this happened…

I’m so excited, honored, and happy to have a feature in the latest issue of Bella Grace, where I’m sharing lessons I’ve learned from my garden. It’s such a beautiful book-magazine, filled with art and...

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new growth

. you wouldn’t think a month or a season could blow you sideways . but that just make it easier for those seeds to reach the ground . . . Share/Save

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resilience

Sometimes, the kindest thing to do is allow someone to complain. Accept the lack of perfection. Say “yes, me, too.” Growth happens even under the weight of survival. Our scars become armor, our hearts...

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proof of life {yet again}

and just like that overnight mother nature reinvented green . wishing you a light-filled weekend . . . Share/Save

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on late bloomers and october moons

Mostly, I forgot to look at my garden this month. Well, it wasn’t so much that I forgot, it was more that my nose was chained to the grindstone, and looking up wasn’t always an option. But the...

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morning pages

Everything gets lost in the shuffle sometimes, but lately the shuffle has taken over. Writing has gone by the wayside, and I find myself longing for old habits, empty hours, blank pages. Life keeps...

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in the forest of birdsong and sunshine

in the mishmash of life and survival and love a delicate queen holds court for a day shy and with the grace of hidden subject . . . Share/Save

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one pink rose

. and one small smile on a too-cool morning in a garden already running wild . and i am happy to let it run this year, accepting my lack of control as i’m busy learning new things and embracing life...

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the grey green of summer

. and the way everything seems dry humor and hubris skin and earth scorched and longing and the hours drawn out on the gridlocked page of a rather unyielding july . . . . Share/Save

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going quiet

and listening listening listening to everything again . the empty spaces speak the loudest . a lesson learned repeated and turned into growth or lack of knowledge . listening . . . Share/Save

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