She Who Loves a Garden

One of my favorite blogs is Shutter Sisters.   The other day the post's theme was Words. We were asked to share our favorite words. As the hard fr…

Ripeness and Color

Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can sta…

Why I Write: To Organize Myself

The last week has been hectic. It was busy at school, busy at home, and busy over the week-end. When I get overwhelmed with what to do next, I write.…

Why I Write: To Learn

When was the last time you learned something new? How did you remember it? Did you write it down? I am a teacher and I learn new things every day. Of…

Why I Write: To Remember

I write to remember. Sometimes it is just a grocery list, a to-do list, or events on the calendar for the upcoming week.  I wrote to remember how I fe…

Why I Write: Part 1

This week the National Writing Project is celebrating National Writing Day on October 20th. The theme this year is " Why I Write". I write t…

Galleries

The photo galleries are filling up. Take time to click the Photo Gallery tab above and explore some galleries!

The Beautiful Changes

The Beautiful Changes By Richard Wilbur One wading a Fall meadow finds on all sides The Queen Anne’s Lace lying like lilies On water; it glides So from th…

Nesting to Find Comfort

My friends over at Shutter Sisters asked all of us how we find comfort in the little things in life as the days grow shorter. In autumn I love to nes…

The Rituals of Autumn

Rituals are another part of autumn  I love. I look forward to getting the garden ready for winter, bringing the plants into the greenhouse, stacking t…

The Best of the Seasons: Autumn

We have an ongoing debate about the best season at our house. As the first spring flowers burst out of the semi-frozen ground we love that season. Wh…

The Queen of the Garden :Sunflower

"As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the…