The Lazy Womans Garden

Jan 10, 2014

my resoultion? to write 2014 on my checks!

Regardless of the justifications you give & treat yourself to... , I hope all of you - "new year -new me types" strive for self care, honest and pure friendships, and relationships based of love- and not based off the fake realities of your mind. These delusions of what you hope for instead of what's there, where you and your puppet (ego) master focus more on everyone else and less on self. To change the world you must start within. But you must first BE HONEST with yourself.

May Light always surround you;
Hope kindle and rebound you.
May your Hurts turn to Healing;
Your Heart embrace Feeling.
May Wounds become Wisdom;
Every Kindness a Prism.
May Laughter infect you;
Your Passion resurrect you.
May Goodness inspire
your Deepest Desires.
Through all that you Reach For,
May your arms Never Tire.” ―D. Simon

Since I was in NYC for Hercules, I thought I would post some snow pictures since I live in Florida and never get to post it. The weather quieted the city. The wind was so bitter that to stay out would freeze the air in ones lungs. I could walk only one to three blocks. The pigeons were grounded and there were no horses in the park. I thought you would like to see pictures from our cab.

Dec 5, 2013

warm winter wonders

This year is fast coming to an end and a new one soon to begin. yes I think about the past and worry about the future but I must stay here and "now".

well my Ti plant finally bloomed!

It was a very warm November and as I type in December, it is 80 degrees. I am leaving this paradise for the frigid north in PA, VA and NYC for the holidays. A change of scenery is always invigorating.

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Tried some lettuces and I got a bumper crop of Meyers Lemons and Ruby Red Grapefruit.

Life gave me lemons .........

and lettuce and Ruby Reds!

Nov 21, 2013

my thanksgiving

My Thanksgiving

I've got great expectations
I've got family and friends
I've got satisfying work
I've got a back that bends
For every breath, for every day of living
This is my Thanksgiving

For every moment of joy
Every hour of fear
For every winding road that brought me here
For every breath, for every day of living
This is my Thanksgiving

For everyone who helped me start
And for everything that broke my heart
For every breath, for every day of living
This is my Thanksgiving

lyrics by Henley

. I am thankful for rain and my garden and for all the beauty that I can visit. I am thankful for my blogger friends that comment and that I learn so much from. I am thankful for the bounty of food that is available to us. I am thankful for new friends and their kindness, generosity and patience. . I'm thankful for art, music and that I can paint. But mostly, I am thankful for those who love me in spite of me. My cup runneth over.

Nov 15, 2013

moon flower

Well, my cirrus really outdid herself with 10 blooms. Three blooms the first night and 7 the next.. The night was silent and there was a full moon and the air was filled with perfume. It was magical. I am proud of her as some people never are blessed with blooms. She likes lots of rain and warm humidity. I have purchased about three dragon fruit and hopefully they will do as well too.

The Night-Blooming Cereus

FLOWER of the moon!
Still white is her brow whom we worshiped on earth long ago;
Yea, purer than pearls in deep seas, and more virgin than snow.
The dull years veil their eyes from her shining, and vanish afraid,
Nor profane her with age—the immortal, nor dim her with shade.

It is we are unworthy, we worldlings, to dwell in her ways;
We have broken her altars and silenced her voices of praise.
She hath hearkened to singing more silvern, seen raptures more bright;
To some planet more pure she hath fled on the wings of the night,—
Flower of the moon!

Yet she loveth the world that forsook her, for, lo! once a year
She, Diana, translucent, pale, scintillant, down from her sphere
Floateth earthward like star-laden music, to bloom in a flower,
And our hearts feel the spell of the goddess once more for an hour.

See! she sitteth in splendor nor knoweth desire nor decay,
And the night is a glory around her more bright than the day,
And her breath hath the sweetness of worlds where no sorrow is known;
And we long as we worship to follow her back to her own,—
Flower of the moon!

Harriet Monroe

the white dot is the full moon

doesnt this iphone take great pictures at night?

Oct 19, 2013

Boktoberfest rolls out the barrel

Yes, it has rolled around to Boktoberfest time at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales,Florida. It's the annual pilgrimage of gardeners to visit the gardens to check up on the blooms, perhaps steal a few cuttings (don't tell), and enjoy the setting without having to pay the entry fee. And, of course, we buy a few plants from the vendors and listen to cheesy German music. Well, I do have a rich German heritage!

I always have a load of fun and the husband goes home with pockets empty and cart full. I always purchase a few ferns from the fern guy, buy some tillandsias, and marvel at the exotics. And every time I visit, I find new vistas and plants to marvel in bloom. This year was an unseasonably warm 92 degrees so next year I plan on going bright and early!

If you want to read about this garden you can go to last years post of mine. There you can find its history and interesting facts.