Home and gardens

Marigolds in the scrounger’s garden.

I have found, through years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow; to interact with nature; to share, to find sanctuary, to heal, to honor the earth, to leave a mark.  Through gardening, we feel whole as we make our personal work of art upon our land.

~ Julie Moir Messervy, The Inward Garden

If we were having coffee

Coffee beans are at their peak flavor for fourteen days from the roaster.  Beyond that, they should be stored consistently below 0C/32F, ideally near the temperature where Walt Disney is kept.

~ Keven Sinnott, The Art and Craft of Coffee: An Enthusiast’s Guide To Selecting, Roasting, and Brewing Exquisite Coffee

Spring cleaning

Brush piles and ruts and trash, oh my.

I am never five minutes into stripping the clutter from my life before I start running into the clutter that is my life. ~ Robert Brault

Around the Wabi-Sabi Ranch

Barnacle boat.  (Found upside down in the marsh during this latest round of clean-up duty.  The inside is covered with barnacles.)

All good work requires self-revelation.

~ Sidney Lumet

Progress on the Wabi-Sabi Ranch

Warming up

Every day you may make progress.  Every step may be fruitful.  Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path.  You know you will never get to the end of the journey.  But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

~ Winston Churchill

Watching concrete dry (or how I found peace this morning)

Through the kitchen window sunrise

What if the universe were whispering in my ear at every moment?

~ Steve Roberts

The next big thing

Storm damage

The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.

~ Pablo Picasso