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Friday, June 2, 2017

“Of course, I knew there are no fairies; but that needn’t prevent my thinking there is.” ~ L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea Columbine is not one of my favourite flowers but I do appreciate them in moderation. Fairy flowers, don’t you think? The sun is shining this morning. There’s a good chance I’ll skip doing housework […]

Thursday, June 1, 2017

“Lyda was an exuberant, even a dramatic gardener. . . She was always holding up a lettuce or a bunch of radishes with an air of resolute courage, as though she had shot them herself.” ~ Renata Adler, Speedboat The spinach is finished and, just in time, the lettuce is ready. I love the cute, compact […]

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

“Life kisses our faces every morning.” ~ Kahlil Gibran Sweet morning. Possibility and peace rest lightly with the first waking moments. Windows open, slight breeze dancing with the curtains, and the air so fresh I feel as if I could go outside in my nightgown and dance barefoot on the dewy lawn. It’s quiet; my […]

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

“For fast acting relief, try slowing down.” ~ Lily Tomlin If I wasn’t intentional about slowing down I would have missed the volunteer anemones that showed up in the yard this year. If I hadn’t taken time to look closely would have missed that their centres look like small suns.

Monday, May 29, 2017

“A visitor to a garden sees the successes, usually. The gardener remembers mistakes and losses, some for a long time, and imagines the garden in a year, and in an unimaginable future.” ~ W.S. Merwin, What Is a Garden? Disaster in my garden–my tomato plants, that I’ve nurtured from the time I put tiny black […]

Sunday, May 28, 2017

“Believing takes practice.” ~ Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time: With Related Readings Practicing today.

Saturday, May 27, 2017

“A weed is a plant whose virtue is not yet known.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I notice it when I’m heading indoors from photographing the lilac buds one day. Tucked away, hidden almost, among the growing greenery that will one day turn to a mound of white daisies, the soft downy white bud bows in […]

Friday, May 26, 2017

“There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.” ~ Andrew Jackson I am Skyping with my granddaughter; she is quizzing me from a list questions she compiled. (Really, what did grandmothers do before telephones and Skype when their grandchildren lived far away? I shudder […]

Thursday, May 25, 2017

“Preserving was almost a mania with Mrs. Bergson. . . When there was nothing to preserve, she began to pickle.” ~ Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop It’s like that for Mrs. Hoye too. Yesterday, Gerry scored more asparagus at the green grocer that came from one of the nearby farms so I’m making pickles […]

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

“Most of the dandelions had changed from suns into moons.” ~ Vladimir Nabokov It’s cooler today, and looks like the same for tomorrow. It’s a condiment day (ketchup = catch-up). I know. Groan. I was taken aback by something I read during my morning devotional time yesterday and need more soak time with it. I […]