I just watched a wonderful program called GardenStory on PBS about Landscape Architect David Kamp. He designs landscapes with healing in mind. I like what he says at the end and forgive me if I misquote. “Design is a reflection of our values, and as such it has the opportunity to offer promise and hope.” [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Garden Story on PBS
Posted in nature, tagged GardensStory on PBS, Landscape Architect David Kamp on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jack Johnson lyrics
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Beetle, Milkweed on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“All At Once”
All at once,
The world can overwhelm me
There’s almost nothin’ that you could tell me
That could ease my mind
Which way will you run
When it’s always all around you
And the feelin’ lost and found you again
A feelin’ that we have no control
Around the sun
Some say
There’s gonna be the new hell
Some say
It’s still too early to [...]
An old bulb blooms at last
Posted in Flowers on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I planted this bulb years ago, but this is the first time it has bloomed. It has had leaves nearly every year but never a flower. I was actually pretty shocked when I looked down and saw it.
A Quiet Strength
Posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A quiet strength.
I stand blood full of poison ivy
my feet are cement overshoes
my heart is solid lead
my arms are hives of africanized bees
at this moment i am medusa
i am gaia’s hurricane
category 5
then the eye of the storm
a bright blue eye pierces my soul
it has been over 15 years since i saw the light in this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“ Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness and where the heart’s tears can dry at their own pace.”
Cold days are coming
Posted in Uncategorized on September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The autumn is coming, of that there is no doubt. The flowers and leaves are slowly changing color and dying. I can see the changes coming, and I sigh with disappointment. The bees are fading and the butterflies are drifting away and the cold nights contrast with the humid days. Time moves on year after year, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Pema Chodron, spiritual path on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At work today someone said “we can choose to work together or not, but really I prefer to work together it makes me happier and it is more exciting.” I thought this was a great comment, it fits for so many things, work, intrapersonal and interpersonal issues and the world in general. It is sometimes difficult [...]
Help tending the garden
Posted in nature on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A friend of ours bought a house over a year ago and inheirited a large, messy, overgrown and over planted perennial garden. Plants are in the ground everywhich way seemingly without rhyme or reason. Here a Japanese painted fern hidden under a holly overgrown with deadly nightshade. There lilacs, a catalpa tree and phlox crowding [...]
Canning Tomatoes
Posted in Buy local, tagged Canned Tomatoes on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I was little, my Mom and Dad were very poor, my Dad was a factory worker, and worked the graveyard shift. My Mom stayed home and took care of my brother and me and eventually my sister. My Mom was really resourceful and was always working to make sure that we had the necessities. [...]
Willow as a bio fuel
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Biofuel, Wiilow on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My best friend Michelle is a plant biologist. Although I have a practical, homey and often orally handed down idea of plants and species, Michelle has the scientific side. We often stop by the same plants and she will say the scientific name at the same time I say the common name. She definately knows [...]
