Mr Griffin and I were up early this morning. Feeling hopeful, we ventured out for a walk.The weather has been inclement for a while now; the cold, the wind, the snow and ice, … brr! It hasn’t been my cup of tea. But the sky was blue and the air was crisp, not frigid, so […]
I simply adore this time of year. Today was a grey, rainy day. Cool and wet. Rubber boots and sweater weather. I walked around my gardens first thing this morning, Griffin sniffing the perimeter as we went, my mug of coffee warming my hands and steaming fragrantly under my nose. Everything is changing. The flowers
Transformation. Change. Renewal. New beginnings. It’s that time of the year again: September is around the corner, Summer is coming to an end with Fall close at its heels. The garden is yielding its harvest now and it is up to each of us to honour the bounty it has gifted us with. That’s
You’ve just gotta love the simple joys in life.I look for them everyday and do my best to celebrate them when I do. The other day while chatting with my neighbors, Jim and Sandra, they casually mentioned that their Mulberry tree has “thousands of berries” and that the birds have been feasting. I could pick them
Thunder storms raged through last night and with them came a deluge of rain. The noise on the skylights throughout the house was incredible and the water that poured through the overwhelmed eavestroughs was absolutely torrential. Michael and I had planned to have supper in the gazebo but that was a wash… We hurried to
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It’s time for a new beginning. There are fresh starts all around us; new buds and blooms, new critters and little bugs, hopeful attitudes and bigger (masked) smiles. There is also fresh news to make you glad – we will slowly be emerging from our self-contained cocoons, getting ready to spread our wings wide as we
Over the course of this last year, my world has gotten smaller. When the Pandemic struck last March, I came home … and stayed. I had been traveling at the time and therefore needed to spend those first two weeks in isolation. I didn’t go anywhere or see anyone other than my husband, my boys and
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Spring. It’s finally here, perhaps even a little earlier than is the norm. It seems to have burst upon us with eagerness and exuberance – I am so glad! This last year presented us all with many challenges – as individuals and as a community – and though it may have felt like we were
I’ve been busy waiting these days. Waiting and thinking. Waiting, planning and dreaming. Mostly, waiting and dreaming.Dreaming of Spring – after the cold and frost have gone. Dreaming of after Covid – when the warmth of renewed friendships can be cherished. In the meantime, I keep myself busy. During the week I’m busy at school, planning, scheduling
Winter has come in earnest now, and in the midst of our latest quarantine, we have quietly ushered in a brand new year. Around us, things seem dark and desolate. The landscape is barren. We are still isolated from loved ones. The future looms uncertain. Yet, there is Hope. Deepest winter is when we see the
