by Carol | Jan 18, 2023 | My Blog
Spending time in nature calms you down and clears your head, making more space for what matters most to you. Seeing this beauty first thing in the morning sure did start my son’s day off on the right foot… or at least in the right direction. Jesse lives close to a...
by Carol | Aug 14, 2020 | My Blog |
It was my first time ever calling 911. I already know I turn into jelly when emergencies crop up but, surprisingly, I felt calm as I reached for the phone. Even remembered my own address and phone number when the dispatcher asked! Our backyard borders a field of dry...
by Carol | Apr 29, 2020 | My Blog
I’m acutely aware of babbling these days. Not the soothing babbling brook kind, but the sound of my own voice — droning on and on and on. As people hunker down in their own cocoons under Stay-at-Home orders, the growing silence has made me aware of my own voice more...
by Carol | Sep 4, 2019 | My Blog |
Just picture its simplicity. A little carrot doing its own thing and nary a mole in sight! I keep this simple little image from my garden in front of me as a reminder to s-l-o-w d-o-w-n and c-a-l-m d-o-w-n. No matter how bad the latest news is, even the tiniest bit of...
by Carol | Apr 24, 2014 | My Blog
Unbelievably, a mother bird has chosen our porch as her maternity ward. She’s huddled her little Junco nest into the branches of a small needlepoint ivy planted in the hanging pot. We walk by it everyday, all day, and she is unflinching in her devotion to her four...
by Carol | Jan 1, 2011 | My Blog
Blame it on the weather or…. just another version of “the dog ate my homework.” This Clue is late because I’ve been digging weeds and can’t pull my eyes away from watching my yard bloom. Here in the Pacific Northwest, where the weather changes every 15 minutes,...
