Violas and pansies are perfect daffodil partners Last year, I planted violas over the mini daffodils in patio pots and want to do the same this year. Deer don’t bother these on the patio,…they rarely come up the concrete steps any more and they aren’t attracted to either plant. It’s a safe zone. …
Across the valley, where Willow Creek flows south, there is a tall sugarpine that becomes backlit at a certain point in the morning. It must be on our side of the mountain, but far below. Here it is in November: Early morning, February 15th, I woke up to see everything covered in a frosting of…
Come into the snowy garden
Everything in life is speaking, in spite of its apparent silence.
~Hazrat Inayat Khan
Come in,...sit down, I want my garden to see you.
Icy bird bath, no bathers today.
There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.
~Linda Hogan
The recent snow we’ve had this Thanksgiving, as seen in the blog header, reminds me of our first snow…. From March 2006: Pictures tell the story of our first snow here. We’ve been in the new house for 4 months, and this snow, about 8 inches is our first experience ‘living’ in snow country. Now, the…
Yesterday, Saturday OK, I see it now. After several years of growing Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’, I have only seen a bit of the flowers, which are supposed to give this plant its name. I’ve seen other folk’s examples showing the flowers, so I know it’s possible…until then, this Fall, I can now see the…
