Blue For Flowers – Really Blue
February 10th, 2014Today I am blue for flowers. Not just because it is in the midst of a very cold and long winter, but because I am feeling a grieving for the flowers that may be lost to this winter’s cold.
Winter’s Returning Light – A Closing of the Year
December 22nd, 2013This time of quiet reflection is a balance to the busyness of the end of the year and the now gone growing season. I need to find pockets of serenity now.
Bitter & Sweet – Gardens & Mandala Workshop
November 12th, 2013It’s been a full week – full of sweetness with my two day Mandala Workshop and full of bitter with the first killing frost in my gardens. The sweetness of shared hearts and creativity during the workshop still lingers in my heart, home and home art studio.
100 Days for Mandalas – Session three – RECEIVE, part two – Sharing
October 26th, 2013RECEIVE – this is the second, and last, week for the word receive as an inspiration for 100 Days for Mandalas.
A Trip to the Garden
August 15th, 2013If you live in St. Louis and you say you are “going to the garden”, it only means one thing. You are going to the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Desert Plant Delights
July 12th, 2013The sculptural beauty of desert plants – succulents and cactus – can be seen in a most amazing garden where these plants have been growing for over forty years.
Peony Love Two & Garden
June 4th, 2013The peonies have come and gone. The big storm last weekend pretty much ended their reign as stars of the garden.
Peony Love – From My Garden
May 23rd, 2013Oh to be an ant on the peonies from my garden
Pumpkin Love
October 16th, 2012A recent trip to a garden center for grass seed, gave me a surprise joy. The diversity and beauty of pumpkins and gourds leaves me speechless.
This Week in the Garden – Tea Garden & Tomatoes
July 11th, 2012Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park