As you can see, as the forests burn up in all directions the new normal around here is for a sky other than blue. My sunflowers can find the Earth still, though. […]
Sunflower Climbs the Smoke to the Sky
Flowers Holding Flowers Up and Making a Festival Tent for the Birds
Today, a little story about what flowers are up to when I’m not watching. I thought I’d plant some cosmos, in memory of ones I had in a big garden under a […]
Just a Mouthful, Thank You Very Much
Big sunflowers are for the birds and big apes, eh. But small ones, the gloriously misnamed arrow-leafed balsam root, are for tiny birds, who peck the tiny seeds, and deer, who munch […]
It is Not the Shortest Day, Not Really
The three goddesses of September … … in fact, all five goddesses of September … … have only increased in power. It is not the shortest day. It is the same day in […]
The Garden at Night
Ah, the August Moon, with her old face above the black hills, riding clouds as she has since humans first looked up to the night. Nectarine Moon I used to walk out […]
Sunflowers and Blackbirds
I decided to speed up the drying of my sunflower seeds by taking them off of all their pretty heads. Look at the colour variation from one seed packet! I tried a […]
Sprouting a Future Without Water
This beautiful valley is running out of water. There are many culprits, and not all of them the usual suspects. Today, I’d like to talk about one small solution, which entails using […]
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