earthly delights

...WE HAVE SUN!
This means, now we go out every beautiful day we have, and welcome a bee, or tend a tree, and bring with us our love and our gratitude for this beauty. Right now the garden is saving me. I am tired, sad and overwhelmed since the loss of my father, and it has taken me by surprise. So out in the garden I am tending small things, and noticing life and appreciating it a lot more. I will post too many pictures soon. <:B

trees of life

MY DARLING POPPA died in April. Ter and I marveled at how many trees he grew on his property. Besides shrubs and roses he planted and enjoyed, he has a fine collection of little nut trees. I want to put in a remembrance tree for him, and as a meditation. Probably a Japanese Maple. Meanwhile, here's a photo of my own Acer Shirasawanum "Autumn Moon."

mmmmm...gardening

WHILE I WATCH hail collect on the ground, I relish my plant fotos from last year, who survived the cold. Sempervivum is one of the best. I've got starts of sedum and a other sturdy growers. Finally. Time to garden. I find amazing parallels between gardening and life, and art. And fotos. Everything is changing in the garden. I love seeing the tiny pop-ups, so strong and willful. They just want to grow.