The tinkling of delicate windchimes dangling from my front porch are an auditory companion to the invisible breeze that brushes my cheeks. I marvel at the fuchsia roses with their indigo auras that still bloom on the opposite side of the white porch rail. The vivid green of new leaves contrast with the dried, shriveled…
Are you overwhelmed or stressed by everything on your plate? Do you long for more peace and more downtime, but you simply can’t figure out how to find the time? What if letting something go — even something that is a very big part of you — is the solution for more peace, more happiness,…
We planted a couple dozen fruit trees last year, most of them didn’t make it. Ironically, a peach pit got thrown off our deck and randomly sprouted a peach tree which is now blooming. It’s funny how you work and put a lot of effort into things that don’t bear fruit and then some whimsical…
It’s a treat to find beautiful flowers blooming in fall. These are blue asters growing in our front yard at the end of October. Bees, butterflies and other pollinators love blue asters. Asters symbolize patience, love of variety, and elegance. In France they symbolize the eye of Christ and are placed on soldier’s graves to…
