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Mid-Summer Update
“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” ~ Sam Keen In the hot Sacramento months of July and August, the garden is best tended to in the early morning and early evening. I snuck out to the...
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Sunflower Appreciation
So many people seemed to enjoy the post capturing the transformation of Ina’s Cottage Garden, I thought I would share some others with you periodically. Here’s a look at Maria’s Sunflower bed – from...
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Honest and Upright: Sunflowers
Those who follow this blog regularly know that Maria, one of the dedicated volunteers of our Homeward Bound Memorial Garden, has abandoned us for a few weeks to run around Eastern Europe. She forwarded...
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When One Door Closes…
I thought that these sunflowers were the perfect metaphor for our Memorial Garden. Growing from one stalk, one head has faded, while another blooms. This is the cycle of quiet ends and new beginnings –...
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November Notes From The Garden
Maria and some other Homeward Bound volunteers traveled to Tahoe today to join in the search for Murphy – a Golden on the run since a family camping trip in early October. So I was holding down the...
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On a Wing and a Prayer
Small miracles surround us. Hummingbirds… Baby Mourning Doves… Honey bees… and Love in a Mist (aptly named). This collection of miracles flew in just a week ago on a wing (traveling from Taiwan – where...
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Summer Signs
The surest signs of summer: The arrival of sunflowers… the return of the Dahlias… Golden sunsets – sun setting Goldens… And water dogs – of course! Here’s to the lazy days of summer!Filed under:...
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Second winds
After weeks of scorching hot and dusty dry – we caught a weather break and had unseasonably mild temperatures for a bit. The garden got its second wind, and sent blooms skyward again. Spectacular...
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If only for a season
At the rescue, people and dogs pass through our lives. Some we know only for an instant; others stay on for years. Each makes a special impression – often in often unforeseen ways. I was touched and...
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Live in Each Season
“Live in each season as it passes.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Having lived through the wet of winter, the erratic fits of spring, and the scorching heat of summer, it is time to rejoice in the mosaic of...
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