Garden Planting & Mandalas
June 12th, 2017Today I finished planting my garden. It’s the last on the list of the many gardens I work in. Before digging in the dirt I took some mandala photos of the garden and flowers that touch my heart and share my time.
Flower Freeze
March 14th, 2017Flower Freeze. Tonight winter comes back with 20 degrees F. Spring was here all winter and the flowers grew.
A Garden for Lovers
February 9th, 2017“My love is like a red, red rose” Robert Burns A red rose is the symbol of eternal love. We give red roses on February’s Valentine’s Day to honor the lover that cupid’s arrow have chosen for us. The red rose and cupid are not the symbols of St. Valentine. They are the symbols […]
Creating Sacred Space – Planting Prayers – Teacher Inspirations
October 18th, 2016The joy of leading and teaching spiritual art workshops is mainly seeing the opening up and blossoming of each participant’s creative expression. This was especially true in August at Kanuga during the Faith, Art & Creative Expression Conference workshop.
Persimmon Moon Mandalas
September 26th, 2016Although it’s a few days past, I want to rename the Harvest Moon, the Persimmon moon. On Sept. 23rd, the day of the full Harvest Moon, I created a persimmon mandala to honor the time of year and the time of sweet harvest.
Creating Sacred Space In the Garden – Planting Prayers
September 12th, 2016Creating Sacred Space in Garden -Planting Prayers was the title of the class I taught at Kanuga near Asheville, North Carolina … Sometimes described as a “thin” place, this Episcopal Retreat Center is a space where deep connection and community promotes and nurtures the weaving of faith, art and creativity.
Bird Song Mandalas
July 26th, 2016I am getting ready to leave in a few weeks for North Carolina to teach my course “Creating Sacred Space in the Garden” at Kanuga, a spiritual retreat center outside of Asheville.
Hometown & Homegrown – Dream Farmers Market – Madison
July 7th, 2016Is this a dream? A farmers market where 20,000 show up every Saturday morning. Where the goods are only locally grown and produced. No, it’s my hometown Madison, WI farmers market.
Kanuga, Journey to Creative HeART 2015 & 2016
February 6th, 2016Teaching at Kanuga F.A.C.E conference. Little did I know it would be a life-changing journey to my own and other’s deep creative heARTs.
My Cutting Garden – Flower Love in Winter
January 18th, 2016In the winter I have to visit the flowers in my garden through photographs. It lets me fall in love with my garden all over again.
