Tag: Nature
Garden Mandala – a gratitude of bounty
Show me a garden plot at the end of February and I’ll be happy through November. July 30, 2018 So much to love How does Pachamama hold such beauty? Today: Rainbow chard, mixed lettuces, purple kale, blue lake green beans, burgundy beans, snap and snow peas and their greens, beets, squash blossoms, cucumber, and herbs,…
Two little Earth Angels
Back in mid-May, I was hankering for a walk out in nature – and chose the trail up above Spring Canyon park towards Dixon reservoir, about 10 minutes from my home. My back and body had been really hurting but I wanted to get out there. Some readers may know that I have a severe…
Roger’s Tree
Roger’s Tree, Geneva, Ohio. When my husband Roger transitioned from this life, his cousins Dean and Ruth gifted the family a baby blue spruce. On Saturday, 34 years later, I got to stand beneath it, hold its living needles, smell it’s piney fragrance. The tree is at least 20 feet tall, healthy and beautiful, and…
Gratitude, New Year’s Sunrise, and a marvelous platter of leftovers
Wishing you all, and all beings, a night and life with warmth, security, love and Light. Happy New Year! Last year I started a new tradition – getting out and up to view new year’s day sunrise from Horsetooth Reservoir, in the Colorado foothills just minutes from my home. This second “first light” watching the…
2017 Greeting Cards for You :: “Earth Altars”, “The Magic of Looking Closely” and “First Light”
Two of my greatest joys are photographing nature and creating seasonal altars. (Not to mention gardening and cooking!) With such gratitude for this beautiful planet on which we live. See this season’s choices for two 5 X 7 inch greeting card sets, plus a very special holiday card, curated from a wonderful time singling out…
Today was quietly spectacular
Today was quietly spectacular, walking by the ponds, hearing the trilling song of red-winged blackbirds returning, my heart soothed by beauty.
Diving into Flowers
I’ve been headfirst, head over heels, diving, diving into flowers. Sometimes, beautiful food-for-thought, or maybe more accurately food-for-the-heart is so delicious I forget about what’s for dinner. Like today. I am totally engulfed by their beauty! and diving in…completely… immersed and saturated, floating in light and color.