A Rainbow of Flowers & Creativity for May
May 2nd, 2023A Rainbow of Flowers & Creativity for May Our last Mandala & Creativity Circle was in April, but what came out of that night sings into May and its beauty. Flowers and the greening of earth were the central theme. This energy pierced our hearts. We felt Mother Earth bursting into spring beauty. A rainbow […]
Springtime Mandalas – Gardens & Sharing
May 17th, 2022Springtime Mandalas – Gardens & Sharing Garden Mandalas Spring is the time of nature’s mandalas. The flowers are blooming in mandala madness. Tulips, daffodils, and even earlier flowers started the show by sharing their colors, circular centers and round shapes. Mandalas are also seen in flowers that don’t hold an outer circular shape. They […]
2020 – Spring to Summer – Beauty, Pain & Changes
July 5th, 20202020 – Spring to Summer – Beauty, Pain & Changes With all that has, and is, happening in 2020 there are two quotes that dig deep and wide into my being. They fill me with hope and fire. And during this July 4th weekend celebration of the birth of U.S. independence, they speak loudest. “What […]
Full Moon Mandalas & Mandala Blossoms
September 16th, 2018It’s been three weeks of settling into “normal” life after five days of deep creativity. Mandalas helped me settle back into home and garden life.
Homesick for Creativity – Mandalas & Words
June 11th, 2018Homesick for Mark Making Creativity – Mandalas & Words. I have a longing for the experience of infinity through creating mandalas.
Sharing Sweetgrass and Stones – Friendship & Books
September 7th, 2017Some of the deepest sharing of souls takes place when a very special book group gets together. We call it the Crystal Book Group, named for a location but also for the clarity and power of our sharing. Our sharing includes an art activity that deepens what we have read. We recently created sweetgrass braids and painted stones.
To Be or Not To Be – A Garden
July 27th, 2017I am working on a new practice, like the practice of yoga, meditation or prayer. It is the practice of becoming bilingual in the language of animacy.
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.
First Frost – Last Flowers – Love’s Reminders
December 9th, 2016The first “hard frost” was a few days ago. I picked the last flowers blooming in my garden a few hours before.
