Butterfly Photos from Monhegan
It is amazing to think that these slight, fragile creatures, flew there across the ocean and will fly much further in their migration. No wonder they are fueling up with so much nectar!
Gardening
Beauty Right out My Front Door (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Beauty is an abstract concept found the world over, but it is especially present on one’s home turf if you only will pay attention.
Warm Sunbeam in the Garden (New Painting in Oil)
I’ve been painting in the garden lately in oil. I’ve got several on the go, but this is the first one finished.
Rhapsody Part 7 (Poem by Mary Oliver)
Rhapsody Part 7 If you are in the garden, I will dress myself in leaves. If you are in the sea I will slide into that smooth blue nest, I will talk fish, I will adore salt. But if you are sad, I will not dress myself in desolation. I will present myself with all … Read more
Duke Gardens (Photos)
In this post, follow us around this beautiful spot as we took photos of flowers and each other. Spring is glorious, wherever it happens!
The Need to Grow (Movie Review)
It is an environmental film with some solutions to offer, so more hopeful than most on this topic.
Hillwood in DC (House and Garden Photos)
When I read and reviewed The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post, I said after reading the book I’d like to visit her last home, Hillwood, which is in DC, open to the public, and filled with her treasures. This comment precipitated an invitation by my sister-in-law to do just that, and we planned our visit … Read more
Home to our Garden, Flowers, Peaches, and Butterflies
We returned home to glorious weather, a burgeoning garden, seven foot flowers, butterflies galore, and a substantial peach harvest. Quite a welcome home! Our peach harvest from two trees. We made Peach Galette from our homegrown peaches and raspberries. Welcome … Read more
Grace Notes (#43 with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
Paradise in Plain Sight (Book Review)
This is written by a female Zen priest about the metaphors for life that she’s gleaned from her Japanese garden.