• "Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds and shine!" - Buddha

Ripening of Summer

Hello there, August is just around the corner! Crickets have taken the evening chorus over from the frogs. It feels like summer is fully here; ripe and glorious.  Here are some apples from one of the trees I planted in our yard 10 years ago. The tree has never borne…

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Begin Again

We went to the Peace Pagota in Leverett this weekend. I hadn’t been in years! http://newenglandpeacepagoda.org/  It is such a peaceful place to hike to through the woods up to the top of a hill where the huge white Peace Pagota sits. From the website “The New England Peace Pagoda is a…

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New Moon Beginnings

Hello, Hope all is well in your world. Well, we have come around to the new moon today.  Again. Life is busy and we can feel harried trying to squeeze what we can out of summer, but the steadiness of the moon’s cycles can be deeply calming and grounding.  Here…

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Fragrant surprise

The Walgreen’s parking lot in Greenfield was bordered by these glorious fragrant trees in bloom. As I opened the car door I was immediately looking all around. What could that delicious smell be? And then I saw the bees! These trees were buzzing with honey bees and bumble bees. There…

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Keep the bugs away!

Some herbal bug sprays waiting to repel bugs! Bugs can make summer challenging. Here are some essential oil suggestions to help keep them at bay.  I also have some suggestion to help with bug bites and stings. Keeping bugs away! Probably everyone’s heard of citronella as a bug repellent. It is…

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