All around the earth is greening. The forest looks lacy with new leaves, and the pastures have begun to grow. Not only have the summer grasses thrown off their winter sleep and have started to poke up their heads and send out new shoots, all the pretty weeds of spring decorate the ground between the…
Month: February 2018
Women and the Land
I’ve been thinking lately, and one idea I have dwelt on quite a bit is the connection between women and the land. Not long ago (and in some places even now) women were seen merely as property, a form of wealth and resources. We generally like to think those days are in the past. All…
Blooming
Since the first frost that killed the last of the summer zinnias, there have been no flowers in my garden. In the fall I seeded snap dragons, chrysanthemums, linaria, and poppies. They have grown slowly between the hard frosts, at least bringing the green of plant life to the empty flower beds, but no flowers, …
February Yarn Along
This project has been driving me crazy, especially since I’ve knitted the beginning of it 4 times, and it still doesn’t look anything like the sweater in the picture. (Yes, the extra-large mug of chamomile tea was necessary for the nerve calming properties). I knitted on it all through the cold weather, during hours in the…
Garden Love
I love my winter garden right now. It is a place of brilliant color, where all the cares of the world fall away in the midst of the rows of singing green. These plants know me, they have known me since the whole of their being rattled around in my palm as I sowed seeds…
Toadstools And Fairy Rings 