Garden Challenges, Garden Joys, Garden Hopes

I haven’t done a garden post in ages, but although the plants have been buffeted by as many rough winds (literal ones, in their case, as well as the figurative) as have we, they continue to provide joy and offer hope. . . . May you find respite here as well . . .

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Of Root Canals and Roses. . . .

You may have noticed, if you follow me on Instagram, that I’ve got some dental woes going on this week.  These are too tiresome to recount here (in brief: nearing the end of the first…

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Friday Five as I “Hold Space”. . . .

A Friday Five post as I continue to think about what I want to write here.  I’ve always had nigglings of discomfort about the privilege my blog represents and my self-consciousness about that is greater…

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In the Garden, Hope Springs. . . .or Spring Hopes. . .

My granddaughter chose this card — by my good friend Sandy, who keeps me well supplied — to send to her cousin in Italy.  She chose it because she recognized our current reality here where…

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Fall Friday Five — Garden Blooms, OOTDS, No Sealing Wax Nor Cabbages. . . .

Miscellany ‘r’ Us today, because 1. I’ve a five-hour roundtrip jaunt to take a girlfriend out for birthday lunch. All on public transit (except for the part I’ll be transported by Shank’s Mare), so I’ll…

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