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FLOWER QUOTE: CREATIVITY LIES IN PARADOX
September 09, 2019
MY TWO CENTS Creativity lies in paradox: serious art is born from serious play… This is something that Julia Cameron writes about in her book, The Artist's Way, and the necessity to play in order to create. Often, I forget to play, but I’m glad to be reminded to take the time to do so along with nurturing myself. Then the real art will come. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Julia Cameron (b. March 4, 194...
Read MoreHERB COLLECTION AND A RUSTIC TOOL BOX?
September 01, 2019
White Flower Farm is a favorite catalog and source for many lovely bulbs, flowers, seeds and inspirations. One idea that I was inspired by and wanted to have is an herb collection in a rustic tool box planter. I had seen it on their website, and I kept coming back to it. Finally, I asked for it as a gift and when my husband went to order it, it was ‘Sold Out.’ I waited too long, and I was bumm...
Read MoreFLOWER FACT: WILD SWEET WILLIAM
August 30, 2019
Compared to garden phlox, phlox maculata has shiner, thicker and thinner leaves that show superb mildew resistance. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED
August 26, 2019
MY TWO CENTS Bloom where you are planted… What an interesting statement. I see it as not letting your circumstances hold you back from growing and flourishing. Blogger, Tom Langford, has a different take on it. After reading his post, please share what you think with me below in the comments section. ABOUT THE AUTHOR The Bishop of Geneva, Saint Francis de Sale (August 21, 1567 – December...
Read MoreFLOWER FACT: MILKSHAKE CONEFLOWER
August 16, 2019
This fun selection of coneflower resembles a scoop of ice cream on a hot summer day. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: ADVICE FROM A SAGUARO
August 12, 2019
MY TWO CENTS Advice from a Saguaro Stand tall Reach for the sky Be patient through the dry spells Conserve you resources Think long term Wait for your time to bloom Stay sharp! What great advice from a Saguaro. I love the lessons flowers teach us and this is just another superb example, and one to follow. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ilan Shamir (born in 1951), whose name literally means...
Read MoreIT DIDN’T HAPPEN THIS YEAR
August 04, 2019
It didn’t happen this year, and I’m a little unhappy about it, to say the least. What didn’t happen, you ask..? My cutting garden. It’s hard for me to fathom that I didn’t get one single seed planted. At least there are a few flowers that are blooming this summer, whose seeds have resurfaced from years past and... a whole lot of weeds. With our upcoming renovation of our house starting ...
Read MoreFLOWER FACT: VANCOUVER CENTENNIAL STELLAR GERANIUM
August 02, 2019
‘Vancouver Centennial’ was named for the 100th anniversary of Vancouver, B.C. and won the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: WHEN THE FLOWER BLOSSOMS
July 29, 2019
MY TWO CENTS When the flower blossoms, the bee will come… The flower does the hard work of blooming and growing into its full and amazing potential. Then it receives the bee as its reward to continue on. How lovely, the relationship between the flower and the bee. For me, this quote reminds me that I must do the hard work to attract the “bee” in order to be “pollinated” and blossom some...
Read MoreFIELD TRIP
July 21, 2019
You never know what can be around the next curve. You might be as delightfully surprised as I was along CA-92 in Half Moon Bay, California. My husband and I had been there for a week for work, and we had finished the meeting for our client. So, it was time for a field trip. My field trip started as I headed out towards the road we rolled in on, as I had seen a nursery there the first time we ca...
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