Hi! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted…which seems to be the norm in the past couple of years, haha. Blogging isn’t what it used to be; it used to be about just rambling on about life & whatever you felt compelled to ramble about, but it seems now “blogging” is similar to “publishing a magazine,”…
I’ve had grand garden dreams for ages (mentioned on this blog over the years), and yet I’ve never made them happen. [Insert a million reasons why here.] I did make a start on it a couple of years ago & even had a celosia go bonkers: When I moved to where I am now, I…
I can’t explain why, unless a neighbor bought a box of them and released them, but ladybugs have been everywhere lately. I even found one in my hair the other day in the shower (never fear, I saved her and put her back outside ;) ). While wandering the garden today, I saw one on…
And a little early bloomer…
I’ve posted before about the Big Toad, a very large toad that’s the size of my hand at least (you can’t really tell from these pics just how big she is). She’s been MIA for a long time, and I was afraid she was gone or had died. But today, I spotted her hopping along…
I’ve completely fallen in love with digital scrapping. It’s so addicting! It completely satisfies so many things my inner artist craves: color, layout, whimsy, symbolism…to name a few. And the more I explore it, the more I am intrigued with digital art journaling and the other, deepening forms it takes. I’ll be exploring that as…
Ok, ok, sometimes my avoidance of news media makes me miss really cool things. Today I was reading Seeds of Change eNewsletter “The Cutting Edge,” and in it I came across this gem: An Organic Garden on the White House Lawn While Obama was still campaigning for the democratic primary, participants in the WHO Farm…
So there is a small, adorable black and white kitty that hangs around outside the house, and I’ve begun feeding her. I couldn’t not feed her, as when I finally petted her, I realized she was literally starving (her sides were concave, and she was clearly severely underweight). So I started giving her little bowls…
The Big Toad, who’s been living here for untold years now (she was here, and big, 2-3 years ago), made a rare appearance today: out front! I went out the front door to get something from my car, and I saw a flash of movement off to the left, near a pot. I figured it…
Today I finally made the flaxbread recipe I found here, and it turned out delicious! It’s an incredibly simple recipe. I didn’t even use almond meal, just simply the flaxmeal. I can wait to experiment with other flavors, as Kiva suggests. Here’s the “loaf” after it came out of the pan: I didn’t have a…
I am borrowing this idea from a few other blogs I read: Welcoming July with pictures. Here are a few shots of my small green space at this point in the year: As the first bloom fades, several other coneflowers are ready to take its place! I can’t wait to see them. The caterpillars feasted;…
Don’t you just love it when you forget having certain things on hand, and then suddenly you remember, with a SNAP! Oh yeah!! moment? That’s what just happened to me. This time of year I always get into my major planting mode, wanting to turn my roommate’s entire backyard into a garden. Since I can’t…
