noxious weed, herbal remedy, or delicate wildflower? yes. yes. and yes.
motherwort
saint paul, minnesota
july 1 marks the psychological transition in our household from income-earning to creative-making. but the transition is always busy. really really busy. simply because we spend several weeks trying to do both. today i learned that my cousin’s wedding that i thought was this coming saturday night, is in fact tomorrow, on friday night. which complicates things, because we were already double booked tomorrow with something we really wanted to do. so, instead of facing up to the logistics of all this, i announced “i have to do STILL blog”, and sat on the floor lining up pink and purple blossoms. my son did the same thing when he was two. he used to line up toy trucks, or toy dinosaurs, into columns that stretched across the whole main floor of our house, when he felt overwhelmed or anxious. i won’t say how many rows of flowers i made before i had calmed myself back down.
unidentified larkspur blossoms
saint paul, minnesotae
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Beautiful way to get calm! I’m thinking maybe these are larkspurs blossoms? The colors are right…
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Lovely post, especially the words which resonate. I know that feeling and usually find calm when carving.
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Your work calms me too. Thanks.
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when faced with the same situation, I usually pour a glass of wine, put on some loud music and clear the house or go for a long walk in the forest and leave my cell phone at home.
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love love love.
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between april and june the views out our windows change from tundra to rainforest so hard and fast, it is almost disturbing. nature is supposed to evolve leisurely from one season to the next, not rush at you like the shadow of a jet plane streaking across the ground.
lady ferns
saint paul, minnesota
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each year I totally forget how lush it gets and I’m amazed. It’s new and wonderful aLl over again.
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I love your simile!
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i normally think of daisies as the joyful expression of high summer, blooming in june, looking like the sun, innocently round and white. but i’m reading the great gatsby right now, and daisy buchanan is bugging the crap out of me, and i’m starting to sour on the whole innocent summery prettiness of daisies.
saint paul, minnesota
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lili has declared her current favourite flower is daisy
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i’ve learned a lot about large format printing lately for a project i’m working on. this image is actually made up of photographs of each individual flower that were later stitched together. people say a daily practice leads to creativity. or meditation. or unleashing your right brain. or routine. or exercise. i’ll tell you. that may all be true, but you know what else unleashes creativity? a deadline and a payday.
crown vetch
rice creek regional trail, saint paul, minnesota
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