"Be careful what you set your heart on, for it will surely be yours." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| Rows of Garden (Beans, Potatoes, Curcubits...) |
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| Rows of Bees...inside Balsamic |
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing."
- Arundhati Roy
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| Butterfly Hummingbird Garden; though their numbers have been less this year. |
"You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.
What you'll discover will be wonderful.
What you'll discover is yourself."
- Alan Alda
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| Great Spangled Fritillary, Speyeria cybele, on Echincacea purpurea |
“Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower.“ - Shigenori Kameoka
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| Hives: Balsamic on left, Monkey on right |
“Live to the point of tears.” - Albert Camus
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the Earth are never alone or weary of life.”
- Rachel Carson | |
| Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, on Verbena bonariensis |
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| I expect to see Jack any minute... |
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| The Haul |
“Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses.”
- James Oppenheim, 'Bread and Roses' |
| Milk Thistle |
"Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing
There is a field. I will meet you there.
When we lay down in that grass
Our souls are too full to talk about."
- Rumi
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| Dinner: Lamb's Quarters and Beans... |
"There's little risk in becoming overly proud of one's garden ‘cause its very nature is humbling. It has a way of keeping you on your knees.” - JoAnn Barwick
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| Lorax |
“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” - Victor Hugo
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| Stella - a split this year from Monkey |
“Live like you're going to die tomorrow, but garden like you're going to live forever.”
- Rudyard Kipling
"Are you breathing just a little and calling it a life?"
- Mary Oliver
