Archive for the Gardens Category

Cultivate your life.

I believe that metaphors are one of the greatest joys in life. And one of my favorite metaphors is that Life is a Garden. In it we plant flowers and trees and bushes. Weeds spring up and they have to be taken out. You decide if you want to plant certain talents or hobbies or [...]

What is your favorite flower?

I have been saying “Sunflowers are my favorite flower” for years now. Its just one of those things you need to know once you cross over into the world of narcissistic quizzes, along with other essential pieces of information, including but not limited to: “do you prefer day or night?”, “how long has it been [...]

I am a botanical genetic engineer

Every Wednesday morning I do gardening at Nanna’s house. This is my happiest time of the week. We stroll around and I ooooh and aaaah at all of Nanna’s beautiful flowers. Every time I go there is something new flowering and i Always make smart gardenery comments like “This ones coming up well isn’t it?” [...]