gardens | gardens
May.04.2013
Our friend and neighbor, Walt, has gone into hospital.
Walt is one of those casual special people masquerading among us common mortals, a tireless master gardener, inveterate reader, supportive husband and father and general sweet guy. Complaining of joint issues and pain, he was...
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Apr.19.2013
The Gardens in Our Hearts
A neglected human being who is starved for compassion and love will wither and die, just as a garden will when it isn’t watered or tended. If we nourish and feed each other’s hearts, we will be rewarded...
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Jan.14.2013
Oh for heaven's sake. Do people really talk like that? Only if you live in historical novels, which some of us do. A Nosegay is a small bunch of flowers given in sentiment. The gay aspect is that it makes us feel happy which usually is the case when we receive a bouquet of flowers. Long before...
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Sep.14.2012
It was such a glorious day, out of this world, really, so I decided to go walking in my large peaceful garden and I noticed that the little apple tree in the back, that is merely a remnant of a bigger one that toppled in a storm last year, had one solitary apple on it.
A big apple, too. The other...
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Jun.26.2012
The Dream of Eternal Return
The downstairs tenants have started a garden in the backyard.
They dragged away the blown bags, the children’s t-shirts, the half-sunk pitchforks, the sagging metal drums, the men’s chewed boots.
When I lean out and call to them, they don’t understand – point at their...
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Jun.19.2012
I took some pictures of my backyard "garden" this morning.
When I moved into this house years ago, the backyard consisted of green lawn and three raised beds, an oak tree and some jasmine growing along the back fence.
Hurricanes knocked down many of the plants and smaller trees, and years of...
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Jun.11.2012
I haven't allowed my self the luxury of day-dreaming lately.I've been so busy with everyday life, and have so much to be grateful for right this moment.Day-dreaming of a different life seems almost like tempting fate, or sending a signal to the universe that I'm not content with my lot.
Or maybe it...
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Apr.10.2012
I live in suburbia. You know- one of those planned subdivisions with four or five home models that are made to look different by their changed elevation or the color of the brick?
This particular neighborhood was built twenty plus years ago. There are mature trees and bushes and most of the yards...
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Mar.28.2012
I found a great quote today:
"Your journey has turned....but that doesn't erase the need you had in the first place to discover who you are and where you want to go."
My life's journey has moved from a linear path to something quite convoluted, but it does not give me the same sense of...
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Mar.09.2012
Take a look in the mirror. Do you have a white bright smile staring back at you? Tips for whiter teeth from adding more greens to your diet to better flossing and brushing with smile expert, Cynthia Brian.
Do you ever feel that you are boxed in with no exits? Learn how to...
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