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 […]
Slow Flowers – Winter Dreams
February 5th, 2015Today is a snow day for me. I often work in gardens in the winter with my helpers. Today it is too cold with a thin cover of snow. So I have the gift of unscheduled time, a day to be slow, in the moment and dream about blooming gardens that I’m missing
An Alice in Wonderland Garden
July 10th, 2014Last year I got the best compliment about my garden ever. A dog walker who came by daily told me my garden looked like an Alice in Wonderland garden. Although it is mainly organized chaos and a Midwestern version of English Cottage style, I like to think of it as a wonderland with its own quite tame adventures compared to Alice’s, but adventures none-the-less.
Seeds for Sowing – What I Planted
April 16th, 2013I love the plants that grow from seed in my garden. I raised them infancy to maturity. I know them better than those I buy already growing.
100 Days for Mandalas – My Mandalas in Art Journaling Magazine – Week Twelve
April 3rd, 2013I am filled with joy that my mandalas and the story of how they became part of my life are featured in a six page article in the 2013 spring issue of Art Journaling magazine. Here are the pages. Let them be an inspiration.
Persimmon Pleasures
October 1st, 2012The old native persimmon tree (diospyros virginiana) in my back yard was large and full of thousands of one-inch diameter persimmons the first year we moved in twenty years ago. Every year since then the tree has faithfully shared its apricot flavored peach colored fruits, only to leave me bewildered about what to do with […]
The Winner Is Zinnia
August 23rd, 2011As usual, I experienced plant lust when I visited the Missouri Botanical Garden last weekend. It was a new flower I had only seen in catalogs. A zinnia with the most beautiful dusty rose petals, bright pink purple center and a light lime green edge on the new emerging petals. It is called Queen Lime […]