The promise of a string of perfect fall days lured me on a jaunt down the Hood Canal, stopping at some of my favorite places on the Olympic Peninsula and discovering some new ones. My ultimate destination was a solo meditation retreat at Alderbrook. First stop: Dosewallips River in Brinnon, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it town, but home to the fabulous Whitney Rhododendron Garden.
Continue reading...17. October 2008
This foxglove only has one mission in life—to bloom. To bloom as extravagantly and as prolifically as it possibly can. To plump each bud to its full purple potential, then push out more buds. Its imperative is to live fully and simply respond to the weather as it arrives each day.
Continue reading...16. October 2008
Just a moment later, a great blue heron flew into view in her distinctive way that manages to be both gangly and graceful. She folded herself into the trio of tall Douglas firs that frame my panorama. Perching right at my eye level, she caught the light on her large body as the sun emerged from a cloud bank.
Continue reading...14. October 2008
“Keep close to Nature's heart...and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” ~John Muir
Continue reading...7. October 2008
As the green grazing dwindles and the forest understory turns in on itself, fades and wilts, agile deer are forced into the ravine to forage. I can hear their feet crunching over brittle madrona leaves and cracking small branches as they browse their way uphill through the tangle of salal, blackberries and wild honeysuckle vines. Which is why I don’t really begrudge them the geraniums and hydrangeas they scavenged from my deck. But my prize rex begonia that I’d grown to massive magnificence—that was heartbreaking to see bitten down to the soil.
Continue reading...3. October 2008
“He that has a good harvest must be content with a few thistles.”
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27. October 2008
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