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TAKING TIME TO LOOK BACK
December 30, 2014
I am not one who spends much time in the past though I probably do spend too much time looking forward and not being in the moment, a habit I’m working on though it’s a slow process. With that said, there are times in life when it is good to look back and see where you started and where you are today. To be reminded that you aren’t in the same place you were a year ago, and even if you think...
Read MoreGRATITUDE
December 23, 2014
What springs from my soul is being grateful for this life. Though in this hurried life, especially around the holidays, it can be a most challenging time to be grateful. To stop, be present and to see all the wonder and good around us. And I will admit I write this for myself, as I am not always the most grateful person as I get wrapped up in my world and find it easier to see the negative, the h...
Read MoreBLOOMING HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS
December 16, 2014
With the holidays here, I wanted to share a few favorite holiday gift ideas I love to give: FORCED BULBS I like to buy bulbs that have been forced for growing indoors and plant them myself in a clay pot to give a little personal touch to my gift along with a bow and instructions on how to grow. My two favorites to give are Amaryllis, which fill a room with color and beauty, and Paper Whites, w...
Read More6AM IN THE MIDST OF THE FOG
December 09, 2014
I got out of my Jeep Wrangler and gathered my equipment. As I turned to the field, I’m stunned by the beauty and peacefulness around me, and I paused to think about the events that led me here. It all started back in the Fall of 2013 when I was shooting some mums for Wednesday’s Flower in our front yard and our plumber Jack stopped by to put a new sink in our bathroom. As he was leaving that ...
Read MoreSOME OF MY FAVORITE GARDENING TOOLS
December 02, 2014
There are many wonderful aspects to being in this flowering world and one of them is gardening and the tools we use. So I thought I would share some of my favorite gardening tools and hope you will share with me your favorite gardening tools in the comment section below. KOREAN HAND HOE The Korean Hand Hoe (also known as the Ho-Mi) is an awesome tool I learned about at a Mettowee Mill Nu...
Read MoreLONGWOOD GARDENS CHRYSANTHEMUM FESTIVAL
November 25, 2014
There were 1,515 chrysanthemum blooms on just this plant alone that I came across when I visited Longwood Gardens for their Chrysanthemum Festival. There is a really interesting process to creating this plant, known as the Thousand Bloom Mum, which you can read about on their blog. Today we are going to take a tour together of the Festival, and I hope it makes you want to put it on your calendar t...
Read MoreWHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?
November 18, 2014
I think we have all had the experience when there is someone in need and there is very little we can do. Whether it's a friend or an acquaintance who is dealing with cancer or recovering from surgery, we always say, "please let me know if there is anything I can do to help." Often there is little we can do, and we feel so helpless not being able to provide some support, not being able to give com...
Read MoreUNEXPECTED CONNECTIONS
November 11, 2014
I met Bob at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Garden when I was shooting flowers there on a one-day escape for myself. We met early in the day and crossed paths again later that afternoon as I was zooming in on a Bird of Paradise flower. Stopping for a moment to chat, I found out that Bob had been a long-time member of the LA Zoo and that he had named a giraffe after his wife, Adria. I was a litt...
Read MoreTIME FOR BED
November 04, 2014
After enjoying my cutting garden this past summer, I was reluctant to put it to bed. Not wanting to say goodbye, I realized that I didn’t need to wait until next summer to start a flower garden. Through the winter I could anticipate another cutting garden by planting bulbs for next spring. I was thrilled with this idea and had high hopes of spending hours going through bulb catalogs to make my s...
Read MoreGROWING WILDFLOWERS, HOW IRONIC
October 28, 2014
I have had only one experience attempting to grow wildflowers, which was a couple of years ago, and I did not have much success. But I decided to try again. This time I found a great resource, the Vermont Wildflower Farm, and decided to visit them to get their help in selecting the right seeds and learning how to plant them. When I arrived, I was completely surprised to find that they have seeds g...
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