Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Lupines


I am not much of a flower gardener.  I tend to be fixated on practical plants that are edible.  Over the years, though, I have made an effort to be a bit of a Lupine Lady, at least on my own property.  Starting with a few plants and seeds I have encouraged this amazing display around our pond.  There is a practical aspect for planting these flowers.  They create a buffer of plants that are left unmown around a pond contribute the the health of a pond.  The plants create a bit of a barrier that prevents thing like grass clipping from blowing into the pond.  That sort of organic matter will contribute to muckiness <---technical term for yucky swimming water ;) The slope above the pond is just a little less mowing my semi-mowing obsessed HD has to do.  Most areas where I plant something near the lawn has to be flagged off to prevent it from being mowed.  But Lupines are my DH's favorite flower so they are safe from the blades!  So the more I spread the less lawn we have.  There is the added benefit to it being just plain beautiful for a couple of weeks!


It was a dreamer's day that spun me visually undone
in cloudless skies of wild blue, beneath a basking sun
I drove the mountain road, where flowers bloom wildly to the sky 
lupines, lilies, of twinkling starry hills 
tallest summer grass, wildflower entwined
with deer to rob such beauty blind
with an other worldly view, I climbed and climbed
leaving all darkened, lowly thoughts 
so blotted from my mind



Don't these Vintage Ice Tea Spoons sort of remind you of the Lupines?



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Friday, June 12, 2015

Back~~~


The Boy is on the mend.  My gardens are planted.  And the best news, we are sleeping in a new bed!  After 2 1/2 weeks of sleeping on the floor, the couch, the frat house, & hospital waiting rooms a bed feels like pure bliss.  New cork flooring is down in the bedroom.   That much closer to the end of our 22 year journey of building this house together.  I can't say I have truly caught my breath yet.  Still weekly trips to help out my son.  The gardens need care.  The next phase of ---> can we really, finally, finish our house this summer needs to begin.  And, oh yeah, I have 4 Etsy shops.  But a little breather is in order.  At least a mental one.  Big Breath ~~~in~~~out~~~



BY MEREDITH HOLMES
At last I can be with you!
The grinding hours
since I left your side!
The labor of being fully human,
working my opposable thumb,
talking, and walking upright.
Now I have unclasped
unzipped, stepped out of.
Husked, soft, a be-er only,
I do nothing, but point
my bare feet into your
clean smoothness
feel your quiet strength
the whole length of my body.
I close my eyes, hear myself
moan, so grateful to be held this way.




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