Jan 4, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens
I forgot to provide the flowers for church this morning. As I walked into the sanctuary, there was the empty pedestal where the bouquet usually sits. There were the other Unitarians who were saying, “Where are the flowers?” There was the program that read, “Flowers...
Dec 31, 2008 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens
Last week one of the callers to GardenLine mentioned that she walked through her garden every Saturday morning so that she’d know what to call in about that morning. Since callers make the radio show really live, I’m thrilled that she was looking for...
Dec 25, 2008 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens
As I walk though the new landscape at Poison Ivy Acres, I’m seeing what is there, but I’m also looking into the future. I notice the blue spruce, Rhododendrons, and Hollywood juniper we planted on the property line. It will be wonderful when those Rhododendrons are...
Dec 21, 2008 | Life's Gardens, my gardens
In a recent email from Wayne Winterrowd he commented on a visit to our property shortly after we moved in: “I LOVED the fact that you were putting your vegetable garden in the front lawn!” When Wayne visited, the slope between the front of the house and the road had...
Dec 20, 2008 | Garden Celebrations, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens
Yesterday we had our first snowfall of the winter. I was thrilled. Although my adult self worries about getting out the next morning, there is still a child in me that feels like every snowstorm is a celebration. This morning the landscape is transformed. Because the...
Dec 1, 2008 | Garden Celebrations, Garden Prayer, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens
Last week on the radio I referred to my property as “Poison Ivy Acres”, as I have on this blog and my website many times. Later that day I ran into one of my listeners and he said, “Poison Ivy Acres? Why that name? Aren’t there more beautiful...
