throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.

anais nin

~a huge thank you...

~wow...the Le jardin of Art was a great event...thank you to all the artists and for such a great showing...oh, and of course Mother nature...

~you are invited...to my garden...

~i am so excited for this event...summer evening at my studio and garden with so many great artists and good things to eat & drink...

~true nature...

Lines Written by a Bear of "Very Little Brain":

On monday, when the sun is hot I wonder to myself allot:

"Now is it true, or is it not

That what is which and which is what?"

On tuesday, when it hails and snows,

The feeling on me grows and grows

That hardly anybody knows,

If those are these or these are those.

On wednesday, when the sky is blue,

And I have nothing else to do,

I sometimes wonder if it's true

That who is what and what is who.

On thursday, when it starts to freeze,

And hoar-frost twinkles on the trees,

How very readily one sees

That these are whose-but whose are these?

(A. A. Milne The World of Pooh)



new image...



~opening...

The Tao never does anything,

yet through it all things are done.

If powerful men and women

could venter themselves in it,

the whole world would be transformed

by itself, in its natural rhythms.

People would be content

with their simple, everyday lives,

in harmony, and free of desire.

When there is no desire,

all things are at peace.

new image...the poppy's are opening up!!

~some of my favorite words...

Do you want to improve the world?

I don't think it can be done.

The world is sacred.

It can't be improved.

If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it.

If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it.

There is a time for being ahead,

a time for being behind;

a time for being in motion,

a time for being at rest;

a time for being vigorous,

a time for being exhausted;

a time for being safe,

a time for being in danger.

The Master sees things as they are,

without trying to control them.

She lets them go their own way,

and resides at the center of the circle.

Tao Te Ching  #29



~new image...happy summer!!!



~the way I see it...

"We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden." - Anon

~my new piece..

~ in my garden...peony...

Can you coax your mind from its wandering

and keep to the original oneness?

Can you let your body become

supple as a newborn child's?

Can you cleanse your inner vision

until you see nothing but the light?

Can you love people and lead them

without imposing your will?

Can you deal with the most vital matters

by letting events take their course?

Can you step back from you own mind

and thus understand all things?

Giving birth and nourishing,

having without possessing,

acting with no expectations,

leading and not trying to control:

this is the supreme virtue.

Tao Te Ching #10



the peony's are in full bloom...and truly perfect



~in the iris garden...

"One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides." - W.E. Johns, creator of 'Biggles', 1893-1968, in 'The Passing Show', 1937