Friendship’s Gift

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“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” ― ... Read More »

Resilience

The geranium makes itself known, but adjusts to its new found companion, the licorice plant.

              Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust ... Read More »

Finding Rusty

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Looking at the vast array of animals needing a home, you always will encounter heartbreak.  Losing two animals recently surely brought its own kind ... Read More »

Facing Your Foes

Clivia is a fearless and bold plant of brilliant oranges.  It doesn't mess around.

"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." - Marcus Aurelius Foes ... Read More »

Saying Goodbye

Rocky in his favorite spot

  Rocky could not help his basset instincts. He loved a good sniff.Rocky was our problem child.  He didn’t want to be our problem child, ... Read More »

Leaving A Legacy

Growing vegetables offers beauty and food and teaches us the value gifts from the earth.

“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of ... Read More »

Go 100%

Alstromeria making itself known

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because ... Read More »

The Possibility of Magic

Merlin holds the hope of magic

Consider the possibility of a miracle, okay?  You are hit with the double whammies of self-doubt and the not sure this is really happening ... Read More »

A Fresh Start

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“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the ... Read More »

Winter’s Promise

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“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.” ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars The holiday season sometimes prompts complaints ... Read More »

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