Nightly temperatures well below freezing are forecast for the coming week. Last winter, I had a raised cover over my hillside ferns, intended to be a short-term solution. My longer-term vision is that once the ferns are established, I’ll let them grow freely, only removing any intrusive weeds each year. In addition to the natural…
In a world and year filled with wars, natural disasters, starvation, diseases, political strife, and attacks on human rights, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and focus on the negative. However, I recognize I have much to be grateful for. 🤔 Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, and for others, may you also have…
“Life is made up of a collection of moments that are not ours to keep. The pain we encounter throughout our days spent on this earth comes from the illusion that some moments can be held onto. Clinging to people and experiences that were never ours in the first place is what causes us to…
While ‘playing’ around with this image, I quickly realized how much of its identity was enclosed in its color and surrounding forms. They are still clearly leaves, but narrowing them down to a specific period in their life span is near impossible. This sent my mind swirling off, considering what clues we use to identify…
There’s a story behind this ivy. In the fall of two years ago, I took one of Bonnie’s planters from the front yard that she was repurposing and emptied the soil in the woods behind our house. This small ivy plant clinging to life in the pot survived for two years and has now spread…
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.”– Aristotle One of the premises of a mystery story I recently read suggested that a person can become invisible or unnoticed by others if they adopt a low-key demeanor and embody what others prefer not to see. How many people do we truly notice…