“Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields…Watch now how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.” ~ Mary Oliver
My Cottage Garden
Longer shadows, and the continuous hum of cicadas bring back bittersweet memories of back to school and getting my classroom ready for another year. Excited to be starting a new school year, but sad knowing fall would soon be upon us bringing the end of the gardening season. Photography enables me to keep the memories…
Moments of Wonder
Heaven is my garden. It is the only place I can be in the moment without effort. My mind is still. I blot out noise of the world and hear birdsong. I block out worries of the day and find peace. I slow down and take time to see the beauty surrounding me. My camera…
Rain
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. ~ Langston Hughes ~ January tumbled into February and brought nighttime thundershowers, and daytime downpours of rain. The ground is saturated, and the forecast holds more days of rain. But I don’t…
It was Love at First Sight!
Was I ready? Did I want to devote time to raising a puppy? Would I have enough energy to be chasing him around, visiting pet stores, and teaching him how to play fetch the ball? Meet Finley! He became part of our family on August 10th. Finley was 2 months old when we adopted him…
A Hummingbird Magnet
Every fall I order seeds. And every winter when I can’t play in the dirt outside, I play in the dirt inside and sow seeds. I sowed zinnia and cosmos seeds in February. In early May I filled a large patio pot with soil and transplanted the seedlings into it. I pushed a few more…
Challenges
It hasn’t been easy. But, that’s a good thing. Gardening isn’t supposed to be easy. Challenges, setbacks, not knowing, wondering what went wrong, what I did wrong, searching for answers on the internet, in my garden books. Looking out windows, hoping for positive changes. Walking through garden beds, kneeling, feeling leaves, willing plants to good…
Timothy Gibbles
Waiting for a Garden
Spring brings warm breezes, longer days and time spent outdoors. And for this I am grateful as I have been waiting for a garden. Last summer after removing nondescript shrubs and a multitude of Liriope from the garden beds, I purchased plants at an end-of-summer sale. I referred to the tags while placing them leaving…
Spring in the Winter Garden
Yes, March is here! Snow, rain, high winds and nighttime temperatures in the 20’s. This is my first March living in the mountains of North Carolina, so I didn’t know what to expect, but, no surprises. It’s the same March weather I experienced in Connecticut. Spring did tease us with a few warm days but she…
