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New Domain!

7/3/2011

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Growing: Today I took the big step and bought my own domain.  A big step because now I really am committed - I had to pay for the whole year.

Garden Topic:  within the last 5 years or so a new type of vine has sprouted up all over the place.  I'm endlessly pulling the things out of all the gardens.  The vines trail up any upright structure and I've even seen places where whole trees are being smothered by them.
So here's the biggest problem - I have them growing amid an Autumn Clematis.  The leaves are very much the same, the vines grow the same and even the flowers are somewhat alike.  But,  of course, the Clematis is much showier and the vines has those gigantick seed pods that look like a return of the body snatchers.
Today I crawled under the vines and tried to determine which were the flowers and which were the weeds.  Was it Emily Dickenson who said that a weed is just a flower growing where it isn't wanted?
So I'm trying to figure this one out.  Any suggestions?

From the garden today:  fresh broccoli and sungold tomatoes

Today I want to share one of my favorite blogs and site:  Blue Heron
The following is from the email I received today:

 Water was Made:  It Didn't Just Happen.

The blog starts with a quotation:
We had the sky up there all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made, or only just happened.
     - Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn


It continues:

Does your spirituality recognize that there are principles that contradict science, principles that science cannot explain, but without which life as we know it could not exist? Gravity for instance.

The website as well as two other websites that the author suggests are included on my Artist's Inspiration page.

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    You might notice that the name of this blog has changed.  Also that its been a long time since I last posted.

    My life has changed! And not always in a good way - in fact there were many dark days.  As of two and a half years ago I have become the primary caregiver for my husband who is a victim of strokes.

    Its been a long process and very much an up and down one. -like rollercoaster up and down or mountain and valley!

    I still teach painting and use my class blog to reach my students but I had just allowed the gardening aspect of my life to wither and very nearly die.  Where was the time!

    As I had been telling myself my website greatly needed an overhaul, I finally got around to looking at the pages and up popped what I'd always thought of as my Gardening blog!  

    They say things will fall into place at the right time - or as we say in the art world - the teacher will come when you are ready - The title of the blog was actually "The Growing Project" and what have I been doing as a caregiver but Growing!
    Often -actually most often for a lot of that time - I was fighting the whole thing.  
    So this life is still a garden and in drawing on all kinds of inspirations I intend to provide growing advice - including sometimes just questions - to caregivers like myself 
    And I am very interested in your stories as you work through your caregiving.
    Stories are so powerful! They're like the rain on the seeds and the dirt of your backyard garden.

    Namaste


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    When we moved into this house, it was empty ground with some trees and scrub grass.   Now, my aim is to provide food for both our souls and our bodies.  

    Gardening isn't just about food.  Life is a garden.
    My friends are a part of my garden as is my art.
    We're all growing together.

    As I move through this process of gardening, , I remember every day the watchword of every gardener --  "Next Year!"
    But I've also recently learned that today is what really counts.  Amen!


    My aim is to provide 'gardening' inspiration of all kinds.

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