I didn’t want to tell the tree or weed what it was. I wanted it to tell me something and through me express its meaning in nature. ~ Wynn Bullock Wynn Bullock was a photographer from the early to mid 1900′s. Here’s a link to some of his photographs. Yesterday, for the first time in [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Turn Your Face to the Sun
Posted in Food! Wine!, Lunar Musings, Poetry & Borrowed Words, School, tagged 2007 Pinot, Amaryllis, artichokes, being mindful, foxgloves, full moon, Gladiola, Khalil Gibran, King Dancer Pose, math, Napa, Natarajasana, ritual, rosemary, turn your face to the sun, ZD Wines on May 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun.” – Kahlil Gibran Well, here we are again at the cusp of a full moon. THe usual ritual of being mindful of what of was accomplished since the last full moon is proving quite difficult. There is simply too much to note. But, I [...]
Poppies…Poppies…
Posted in Matilija Poppy, tagged Chumash, Flowers, fried egg poppy, garden, glabrous shrub, Matilija Poppy, Poppies, Romneya coulteri, San Diego Zoo, Spanish, Wicked Witch of the West on May 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
And now, my beauties, something with poison in it. Poppies…Poppies. Poppies will put them to sleep. Sleep. Now they’ll sleep! -Wicked Witch of the West Some years ago, my dear friend Lucie and I were walking through the San Diego Zoo. Over by the gargantuan bird section (I always want to set the birds of [...]
Tiger Lily Thrills
Posted in Flowers, Poetry & Borrowed Words, Tiger Lily, tagged Amy Correia, California, gasoline, humminbirds, lemon trees, Lilium, lillies, oranges, Tiger Lily, Turk's Cap Lily on May 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
California by Amy Correia I’m moving out to California to find my place in the sun beneath the lemon trees and I’m living on oranges and gasoline hummingbirds humming helicopters hovering California will you take me in to your soft brown hills tiger lily thrills California Palm trees look like spiders in a starry sky [...]
Why is April still hanging around?
Posted in Hollyhocks, Lunar Musings, Roses, Seasons, tagged apple blossom, April, Evening Primrose, garden, Hollyhocks, Matilija Poppy, Potato Plant, Potatoes, Thyme, thyme flowers on May 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Well, I don’t know about you guys, but I’m still cleaning up the multitude of messes caused by the month we know as “April 2010″. There is no way I will ever remember exactly all that happened, but I think I accomplished a hellofaLOT! There was almost too much of everything; severe weather extremes, paperwork, [...]
Early Arbor Day
Posted in Fruit, Trees, tagged Arbor Day, avocado tree, avocados, Haas, Nerium oleander, oleander, plant a tree on May 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A couple months ago, I was going through a list in my head of every plant or tree that fell under my care and keeping. It was a test to see if I could remember their name, or to think of something I needed to do but had neglected during the fall and winter. The [...]
