I like to toss both seeds and shells around the garden. If your soil is very acidic, as mine tends to be, the calcium in the shells will help neutralize it. Also the shells remind me where I scattered the seeds. Sometimes, if I am feeling quite contrary, I line them all in a row; sometimes I decorate the bean poles with them.
I have been wanting to get back into dance for a quite a while. Last week I happened upon a dance school that has adult ballet classes at the right time and location for me. I met Dana, the owner of the studio, and felt right at home. So, yesterday I took my first class in many years. The class was wonderful, just what I need. It’s amazing how much came back to me instantly, and um… how much didn’t. I have a lot of catching up to do! Even so, those body memories are pretty intense.
Even sewing the elastic on my slippers brought back a flood of memories. Of course, the last time I did that I didn’t need to first find my reading glasses!
Big thanks to Shelley for her inspiration.
Industrious ants on my peonies.
They inspire me to keep working… (after I take a break to go outside and photograph them, of course)
The girls and I took a Mothers Day road trip to visit my mother and sister in Asheville last weekend. We loaded up the rental car with plants and travel snacks, turned up the music and headed to the Smoky Mountains.
It was a perfect weekend for appreciating why they are so named. The clouds seemed to be just hanging there at eye level. It was truly breathtaking. We stopped at a scenic overlook along the way for a better look. You can imagine my shock and horror when I saw the girls scale this wall, nod to each other and leap into the abyss……
I have to confess that this is a reenactment. The first time they jumped I was running full tilt toward them screaming STOP!!! Don’t climb the wall!! When I got to the wall and looked over there they were…..Clutchng their sides and laughing hysterically as they rolled around on the grassy area about 2 feet below the top of the wall. Devils.
The rest of the visit was lovely, albeit less dramatic. The cousins had great fun and the grown ups did a lot of eating and laughing and a bit of gardening too.
Here is an illustration that I just finished for the lastest edition of Plants & Garden News. It’s for an article about miracle fruit. I learned that if you eat these berries very slowly and keep them in your mouth for 30 to 60 seconds, then everything you eat afterwards will taste incredibly sweet. You can even bite into a lemon and it will taste like it is covered in honey!! I want to try it…..
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