New Beginnings, New Life
Greetings friends, This morning, the sun is shining. I grab my favorite walking stick and head outdoors. After the long winter, I relish the Ohio spring. I would happily bypass those environmental challenges – sleet, snow, hail, and ice; but alas, we would not have the wonders of spring without the brutality of winter. Spring […]
Feeling Vulnerable
John found this lovely Butterweed plant in our side garden. Tall, bright, and yellow, this small wildflower stood-out among peonies and daylilies struggling to bloom in an abnormally cold and gray spring. I noticed the plant when a first single flower appeared at the top of the long stem, surrounded by several waiting blossoms. I […]
The Beautiful Butterfly
I am reminded that cycles are very much a part of our life. One that easily comes to mind at this time of year is that of the beautiful butterfly. I find it a cycle that is very familiar and one that a younger child is taught early in the science instruction in our elementary schools. […]
The Moonlit Rose
ROSE Purity comes to nature A wedding gown for a bride Not yet tarnished by insect or mold It faces the sun and cherishes the rain It perfumes the air Hoping to attract a pollinator To pass on its seed. It is called MOONSTONE a tea rose. It seems to glow with white pearly petals […]