full-bodied day


crayola markers paper and glue, reading beatrix potter stories to my daughter, rising bread dough under the checkered tea cloth, raw rainy day fire in the woodstove, hot coffee with milk and sugar in my favorite blue pottery mug, Sarah Ahearn Bellemare's Painted Pages to inspire, addictive instagramming, garden design planning, reading up on herbs and herb drying, and tending to my studio simplification/overhaul work-in-progress. i have recently painted the walls, cabinets, shelving and work stool bright white. like fresh linen sheets. neat, clean and the perfect backdrop for my natural finds from the outdoors. one empty wall begs for a display. i have been pondering how to decorate it for nearly 3 months -- the other day i had the light bulb moment -- to cover it with at least 100 4x4 prints of my Instagram photos. ordered:) please hurry mr. postman.

two bright yellow goldfinches have been darting about my yard all day, feverishly gathering nesting materials, nourishing themselves; working, building. coaxing me to do the same.



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i am completely in love. sarah moon. oh, oh, sweet sighs, swoon. this slideshow of her photography is mystical.


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green at last



where have i been you may ask? exerting every cell of my body. digging in the dirt. turning soil. preparing the vegetable beds. fertilizing perennials. weed pulling. ordering seeds. hauling fallen branches, sticks, and logs from the woods and chipping them. floating in hot baths. soaking in massage oil to soothe my aching muscles thanks to my dh. taking in the joy of it all.

gardening is a gift for the soul.

tomorrow we are expecting a delivery -- 10 yards of lush soil, three yards of gravel, and three yards of mulch. on Saturday we are renting a backhoe to form two additional perennial gardens, a retaining wall garden, slate walkways, more areas for raised beds and pretty ornamentals in the veg garden, and my favorite of all -- a spot for the Merrill magnolia tree that will be delivered on Monday. It is about 10 feet tall and will grow to be 30 ft. tall and 30 ft. wide -- glorious!


forget-me-nots are popping up in my perennial gardens. last year at this time i found the sweetest, heart-warming short film, featuring this very flower. enjoy.


my new greenhouse! -- i'll be seed starting chocolate cherry heirloom tomatoes, sun gold tomatoes, yarrow, black-eyed susans and echinacea coneflower.

and, mmm, the strawberry plants are well on their way.

green:)

at last!


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