Turning the sharp, steep left onto Hidden Ridge Rd., a deja vu began to creep its way into my consciousness & I won't recount all the gory details here, but I had been there before, either in a dream or as another me…

“I like symmetry,” she said…

The text came in, with a ping …

I admit, I’m a bit exhausted …

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We decided to work on the 4th, taking in the holiday spirit with several goals in mind…

During the recent hot spell, I stayed home scrubbing mildew from my wood shed walls, then painting, carefully, layers of mildew resistant acrylic onto them…

There's a lot going on with flowers right now, but other things too. My heart…

The field was on fire…

He drove into the birch grove, sharing with us a piece of history, while maneuvering hummocks & fallen logs…

We don’t know what we don’t know …

We split up the crew, and I went plant shopping, while the others stayed behind to prepare the beds…

Tree power…

It’s a little cooler tonight, and that’s welcome to my body ….

When they predict thunderstorms, you don't really know although some track the progress of storms, but I usually don't…

I live in a community where joiners & sawyers, whittlers & timber framers, work quietly making beautiful, handmade objects, because it what their hands want to do…

Double Bloodroot…

I leave the house with a fully packed truck: wheel barrow, buckets & tools; a thermos of nettle tea, two slices of buttered bread, and chick pea spread; a phone, a tee shirt, an empty mug for coffee, in case I decide to stop for that; a possible plan to visit with an old friend, at the tail end of the day…

The day started rainy, but dried off as I drove, skipping over a mountain gap, past the ranger station & down along the magnificent White River valley…

The trumpets of spring are here again, sending out their clarion call …

Sometimes you only know a town by its store, passing through, with no close friends about, maybe once a month…