Tucking memories away
Wrapped in Nature's loving arms A summer bed tucked under grapevines... Lovers being lullaby to sleep by the enchanting songs of the night... Under fairy lights like floating stars Dreamy gypsy...
View ArticleIn the garden and beyond
Lovely cool morning today... mud kissing my feet, thorns tattooing my skin, the smell of fresh earth in my body, in my hair; freckles, blameless wrinkles, and then... then there is this freshness;...
View ArticleFinding a new home and home in the garden
Spent all day today out in the garden... perfect weather, the perfect amount of sunshine combined with the perfect amount of shade and summer breezes; lovely and peaceful day, with a tweak of grace...
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The sound is hard to describe. It’s part buzz, with a little bit of a ring to it and maybe a high-pitched note. The cicada’s song in the surrounding woods. It’s a chorus like no other. And at the bend...
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The old familiar nostalgic feel pervades the early morning hours... Days are slowly vanishing beyond a premature chill. Gaudy afternoons are starting to lose their shade; already looking weary and...
View ArticleUncertainties...
Unhurriedly boxing my life away. The kitchen already feels empty and desolated; a forlorn echo runs through it, filling up every crannies and bare spaces with its peculiar melody. Our house hasn't...
View ArticleOf magic... hope, and believing.
Although there are a few weeks left in the season, I can feel there has been a shift in the light and air these last few days. I visited the garden this morning and took a deep breath... Indeed,...
View ArticlePeace in the garden
It is such a lovely morning... brilliant, and colorful under a translucent bird-filled sky. My heart feels light, and bathed in a deep blue color; the color of faith and trust and total surrender....
View ArticleThe quest for Neverland
Summer—where has it gone? Alas, I must hurry! I must say goodbye to the last wave of summer as it crashes along the flower beds of my magical garden. I know… summer should live in our heart, right?...
View ArticleWaking up to God
Psalm 139 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all...
View ArticleDoesn’t that beat all?
The world is full of magic things and magical moments... Plant roses and foxglove and bring love into your life whenever you can... that's pure magic right there! Delicious sultry days of pre-autumn...
View ArticleGeese Flying South
Colorful dishes. Pretty! The last of the summer roses... Some Boho love... A new favorite Renaissance painting My inspiration board More of my inspiration board Shadows of night are lengthening,...
View ArticleGood morning Saturday! You're a true delight!
Out in the garden searching for lingering summer treasures... cold clear morning under a mellow sun...“After all," Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those...
View ArticleA moment in time
Life all comes down to a few moments. This was one of them... Early morning light... The breezes in the early morning have secrets to tell you Wake up, look around you, give thanks... It truly is like...
View ArticleThis and that...
Magic Cake.... I so want to try this recipe. It looks yummy, and I love the name too! Hot pink toe nails for the fall... so pretty with my new yellow jeweled sandals Love them... Cooler mornings...
View ArticleThe end of a season...
The lonesomeness to it... this kind of sheltered seclusion and quietness which, to my eye, is revealed in all its nakedness, like a sad melody... I can taste the strangeness which shrouds it. I can...
View ArticleFor now...
Our temporary place... an older house surrounded by a lovely densely wooded area and a few old statues covered in moss... It is a strange and lovely home... Where angels whisper to you when you go out...
View ArticleBeyond magical...
Things replicate themselves in front of your eyes... sky and earth harmonize; they hold hands and dance to the magical tune of the morning... twirly twirly, birds sing, as they cross the opened space...
View ArticleSnipets of my life
Back to the old emptied home at Parks Place. Where do I belong? I am practically homeless. A strange feeling—a feeling of not really belonging anywhere on earth, or rather, a feeling of pitiable...
View ArticleThe garden at the House in the roses...
Stepping into my garden again... something magical, something new, something marvelous and poignant filled me with a wild, childish pleasure in being barefooted and dirty and dancing in the wind; a...
View ArticleIt's the magic of October
Does it happen to you too? I mean, when the weather starts to change the first thing that comes to my mind is the fairies... and how could we not think of them?—kiss of morning mist upon the garden,...
View ArticleGreens
I bought a couple of Rachel Ashwell pillows at Target the other day... Smitten as I was by all this yumminest of aquamarines and blues and serene greens on the pillows, I got inspired to paint... I'm...
View ArticleGoodbye...
My dear sweet friends... I hope these last few enchanting days of October find you well. And what can I say of the things happening around here? Ah something really strange and wonderful and beyond...
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