that there are no seasons.   That if there are not maple leaves,  there are no seasons.    Season is here,  it's depth and Love. Cynthia will know this. in this pic,  the multitude of Oak Galls that i need to figure out how to harvest.         but generally,  in All,  there…

Trees take Time.  Trees in Earth and Trees on Cloth.  Bark.  Leaves.     and then,  there's Roots and All that Lives among the them.    

looking over the back of one of the table benches,  back over it,  across the door way…to the small counter top,  under what has now become the design wall,  such as it is,    on the left in the pic, the blue pitcher that's full of Goat pellets and sweet feed for Cinderella.  Then that…

    the kids,  Destiny and Julian,  put two small Strawberry plants in the Wall Garden.  Just from the grocery store.   There have continuous strawberries all along.  A few and then a few.  Not Lots.  But they continue now,  more blossoms,  more strawberries.  They are not Over.  ????  But what is Great,  is that…

    Julian is tentative about a lot of things.  Most things.  But this he KNEW.  They,  he,  his mother, Alyssia,  were down feeding Goats.  Giving Water for this evening.  I am waiting inside with Emrie,  getting her ready to go for the day and i hear yelling. a soft yelling,  not sharp, but soft,…

the Beauty of deep research   am not going to let self post until i have caught up on my "correspondence" here.   I do a couple,  then typepad or the internet cuts me off.   I am behind.  So, till then….

on the way home from the Farmer's Market yesterday….only one more Saturday this year….i stopped at the Thrift Shop that is in the same little link of businesses as my Lakeside Market.  Just around the corner and down a short way to this Hill.   I've gone in a few other times since i've been…

this is the pic that was supposed to be there yesterday,  the second one,  but that somehow disappeared.  That white pvc in foreground is how the water flows up the Hill from the bottom connection to the "city" water,  which is out at the road,  Old Olive Hwy.   The water pressure is surprisingly amazing.…

there was a CONVERSATION yesterday.  Slow and well,  just slow.  And without any details,  yes.  I Will be in this space for the Water Months.  No.  the hut will NOt  be going forward.   for now.  for a "while".   OK.   and oddly enough,  that conversation was energizing.  I went over to B,  where…

Live Oak.    "Oaks amend the soil overtime, with their own leaves and build natural mycorrhizal fungus they need to survive.  Gradually they become islands of natural fertility that improves the health of nearby plants." Calscalpe…California Native Plant Society deciduous,   or ever green in warmer climates.  I watch.  some leaves fall,  some will remain.…