did i talk about the Praying Mantis dream here?   or was it just in the gathering at the Well? either way,  this came yesterday, a gift from Beth.   Thank you beyond thank you,  Beth….i'm not sure what all it will mean to me yet            

there are many kinds of Grasses on the Hill.  They appear in communities.   All either are or are beginning to set seed.  These just across and up a little from B Garden and catch the wind or breeze,  dance in unison.  Stopping to rest and looking out upon this it's easy to fall into a…

jeff weedwhacked the overgrown hill by the Gate,   Jenny,  her man and Alyssia chainsawed and stacked the fallen branches,  the girls got their first experience with the small chainsaw.  Goat feed,  Hay and pellets were unloaded.  sub sandwiches made and eaten.   julian stayed home to bake this pound cake with exquisite sweetzingy lemon glaze,  was…

this was early this morning.   it's now almost midnight and it remains the same.     for as long as i can remember it's how i begin a day,  like a conversation with my Self.  These days have not been deliberate,  just how it's been and today i stopped to notice.    maybe in the morning…

no need to wonder what to do for Mother's Day…..cut and stack

This face.    My face.   Our faces.

some good,  some not but also     remember CoCo?   the 70's? YouTube     Gorilla that can talk said something shocking about humans        there are several variations of this,  the one i watched 3 times was Paws and Hearts    maybe someone can put a link here.

. on the way back up from Jack's gate  i often stop to squat and rest.   for days now,  it's been here and remains it's self…a  bud maybe the size of a grain of himalayan salt.    but…a rose.  the tiniest tiniest roselike bud.   

Julian on the left.  the boys have been best friends since grade school.  through his decision to home school,  through covid.  Through and up to his 8th grade when he'd always said he'd return to public school,  which he did.  we were some worried.  He was not.  and this year,  his freshman year of high…