The fall season has finally turned here in the Minneapolis area. The colors are astonishing. Leaves rain down whenever a breeze passes by. Everywhere I look I am astonished with the beauty of it all. I find myself Leaning into the Light of this short span of magnificent days of Read more…
It’s a white world outside my windows. I’ve noticed the squirrels running across open areas in our backyard as fast as they can—the raptors and other predators are probably hungry and wouldn’t mind a squirrel dinner. With the white snow background any moving creature shows up very well to the Read more…
I’ve run out of words today so I’m just sharing photos that I made in my yard yesterday and a few quotes and poems about green Glorious Green…everywhere I look! Here is a poem by my favorite poet (if you guessed Mary Oliver you got it right): Green, Green is Read more…
Since we lost our big willow tree that used to stand guardian by the pond I have been working on reconciling myself to the treeless (well it’s not technically treeless, but missing a very important wise old willow tree) view of the pond behind our house. I miss the graceful Read more…
We are smack dab in the middle of my favorite time of year. The weather is warm, but not too warm. Everything is growing and green because we’ve plenty of rain, but not too much. Butterflies, dragonflies, and hummingbirds are making daily visitations. And this is the time of Read more…