Gratitude abounds today
Gratitude abounds today for many reasons: the sun is out, the little seedlings I planted out yesterday are doing ok, my family is healthy, and I got to spend the…
Gratitude abounds today for many reasons: the sun is out, the little seedlings I planted out yesterday are doing ok, my family is healthy, and I got to spend the…
Here are some more daffodils. I normally think of them as blooming later, in March. This practice of making mandalas has me much more attuned to each plant's true nature.…
I really think that one change makes a difference, don't you? I wasn't convinced that this design was working with the daffodil trumpet unfurled on top, and I was right,…
I highly recommend late blooming, for humans at any rate. I'm still amazed that i found my art form at seventy. Who would have guessed that such serendipity could occur…
Spud's Crab Sandwich I am working on not rushing. Going faster stimulates my already over-active nervous system. My anxiety rises, and much of it is my own doing. So this…
This morning's mandala came together nicely. The photograph didn't. I kept changing variables, it was pale and faint. Finally figured out there was schmutz on one of the lenses. Close…
I have mixed memories, mostly good, of how I came to grow these flowers. The daffodils came to me four+ years ago, in December, just after the horror of the…
I almost killed my snapdragon starts yesterday with too much heat. The sun was beaming in, and even thought the soil was moist, it was too much for them to…
Had my COVID vaccine #1 two days ago, and thought I'd escpagted with just a sore arm. Not so. Was very uncomfortable last night,. Have cancelled a walk with a…
What do you think? Should I give botanical names or common ones of the planets I use? I'd be increasing my knowledge if I use botanical nomenclature. I know some,…