somethings not quite right~

yesterday i wanted to be wrapped indoors but as the sky was clear

i could hear the birds i could smell my lavender

i could see a moment to Savor

"There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you .....

In spring, summer and fall
 people sort of have

an open season on each other;

only in the winter, in the country,
can you have longer,
quiet stretches when you can

savor belonging to yourself."

Ruth Stout

our sky above

i could feel nature calling so on went my boots

"Time has no divisions to mark its passage..."

Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

as i walked along looking closer at what was bestowed upon me

Frost or dew in the morning light

shows no rain before the night.

submitted by Miharu

tulip bulbs

in my ramblings to one little one

of how this just couldn't be

my little one says

"this is a mysto...wee"

"January is the quietest month in the garden. ...

But just because it looks quiet

doesn't mean that nothing is happening.

The soil, open to the sky, absorbs the pure rainfall

while microorganisms convert tilled-under

fodder into usable nutrients for the next crop of plants.

 The feasting earthworms tunnel along, aerating the soil

and preparing it to welcome the seeds and bare roots to come."

Rosalie Muller Wright, Editor of Sunset Magazine, 1/99

i can't quite figure out what my plants are up to

"Nature has undoubtedly

mastered the art of winter gardening

 and even the most experienced gardener

can learn from

the unrestrained beauty around them."

Vincent A. Simeone

honeysuckle vine

 i thought was lost at the end of summer...looks as if she'll bloom again

"The flowers of late winter and early spring

occupy places in our hearts

 well out of proportion to their size."

Gertrude S. Wister

foxglove...one of my most favorite delights

as i kept walking i was with delight

but all to with so much confusion

what these little ones were actually doing

springing forth budding in light

A serene autumn denotes a windy winter;

 a windy winter, a rainy spring- ;

 a rainy spring-, a serene summer;

a serene summer, a windy autumn,

so that the air on a balance

 is seldom debtor to itself.

 Lord Bacon.

quince tree

as beautiful and exciting as it is

it just seems something is not quite right

what are your flowers
 and trees and bushes doing outside today?