The first day of spring arrived and the ground was still covered with snow. But somehow, it feels different now, as if spring really is arriving. When I look out my bedroom window in the morning I can see that The Melt has begun. The surface of the snow looks Read more…
With the rain and recent warmer weather the backyard has turned into A Haze of Green I adore this time of year when everything is greening so quickly! During this haze of green season, the green is so vivid, it’s almost electric. I greatly miss going to Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Read more…
Anyone who knows me well knows that I am neither patient nor persistent. But life has a way of giving me lessons in the things I need to learn. And both of these traits are valuable to have. Patient and Persistent My body is teaching me to be patient and Read more…
I am in the third week of a cold/cough/sore throat virus that feels like it just will not let go. While I am much improved from when it was at it’s worst, I still have not recovered fully. With very little energy for anything but resting and reading, my late Read more…
I am not a patient person by nature. In fact, early in our relationship, my husband gave me the gift of a notepad with a drawing of two vultures sitting on a branch one of them saying to the other, “Patience my ass, I’m going out to kill something.” Every Read more…