Clara Pearl
@garden-nomad.bsky.social
Gardening in the mid-Columbia. Old piano teacher. Friend of little critters. Born a cat-lady-crone. 🌱💙
My favorite star-human sent me beautiful crystal stars to hang in my windows. Magick galore.
November 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
My favorite star-human sent me beautiful crystal stars to hang in my windows. Magick galore.
Baking is my happy place. Double chocolate cookies to go in gift packages for far away family. The baking and freezing, then gifting and mailing… it’s a simple thing; comforting and relaxing in these dark times.
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Baking is my happy place. Double chocolate cookies to go in gift packages for far away family. The baking and freezing, then gifting and mailing… it’s a simple thing; comforting and relaxing in these dark times.
#birdoftheday
Black and white birds. Magpies on my lawn at dawn.
Black and white birds. Magpies on my lawn at dawn.
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
#birdoftheday
Black and white birds. Magpies on my lawn at dawn.
Black and white birds. Magpies on my lawn at dawn.
Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Obama are loving life on the patio. They’re absolutely lush and shiny and gorgeous. 🌱🌱🌱
September 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Obama are loving life on the patio. They’re absolutely lush and shiny and gorgeous. 🌱🌱🌱
Sunrise through the smoke yesterday.
September 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sunrise through the smoke yesterday.
Loving the dahlias right now.
August 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Loving the dahlias right now.
Garden today. 🌱🌿🌸
August 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Garden today. 🌱🌿🌸
Someone sent me flowers today, for no reason and totally unexpectedly. It was the loveliest thing that has happened to me in a long time. There are kind people in the world.
August 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Someone sent me flowers today, for no reason and totally unexpectedly. It was the loveliest thing that has happened to me in a long time. There are kind people in the world.
In the Tri Cities, WA yesterday. An “accident?” It caused an uproar. The parachute people apologized, sadly.
July 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In the Tri Cities, WA yesterday. An “accident?” It caused an uproar. The parachute people apologized, sadly.
Sparky says, Hi Cousin!
July 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Sparky says, Hi Cousin!
Garden update - hot colors for a hot season. 🌱🌱💐💐🌿🌿
July 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Garden update - hot colors for a hot season. 🌱🌱💐💐🌿🌿
Mason Rivera sculpture garden and arboretum. McMinnville OR.
July 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Mason Rivera sculpture garden and arboretum. McMinnville OR.
I once had a frenemy who was the queen of the un-compliment. Upon viewing my gardens, she opined, “Everything you grow, I pull as weeds, but it works for you.”
View my weeds…
View my weeds…
June 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I once had a frenemy who was the queen of the un-compliment. Upon viewing my gardens, she opined, “Everything you grow, I pull as weeds, but it works for you.”
View my weeds…
View my weeds…
Sending a flower and wishes for the pain to pass soon.
June 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Sending a flower and wishes for the pain to pass soon.
First dahlia bloom.
June 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
First dahlia bloom.
The magnificent monarda. It’s a new baby. Pretty splashy for a newbie. 🌱
June 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The magnificent monarda. It’s a new baby. Pretty splashy for a newbie. 🌱
The hosta leaves are bigger than my face (and I have a big face 😂). I hope the daylily will bloom and not be all leaf. 🌱
May 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The hosta leaves are bigger than my face (and I have a big face 😂). I hope the daylily will bloom and not be all leaf. 🌱
Mount Hood from the Simcoe Highlands in south central Washington. Ponderosa pine and northern red oak form the backbone of the landscape. There are still snowdrifts on the high ridges of the Simcoe.
May 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Mount Hood from the Simcoe Highlands in south central Washington. Ponderosa pine and northern red oak form the backbone of the landscape. There are still snowdrifts on the high ridges of the Simcoe.
Lavender grows like a weed here. Smells very lavender-y in the front garden.
May 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Lavender grows like a weed here. Smells very lavender-y in the front garden.
Here is a palate cleanser after my political-adjacent post. A red geranium in a clay pot. She is named Mrs. Harris after my grade school principal, who always kept geraniums on her windowsill.
May 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Here is a palate cleanser after my political-adjacent post. A red geranium in a clay pot. She is named Mrs. Harris after my grade school principal, who always kept geraniums on her windowsill.
Flower border happenings/happiness today.
Also, the cantaloupe now have their real leaves and cherry tomatoes are blooming. 🌱
Also, the cantaloupe now have their real leaves and cherry tomatoes are blooming. 🌱
May 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Flower border happenings/happiness today.
Also, the cantaloupe now have their real leaves and cherry tomatoes are blooming. 🌱
Also, the cantaloupe now have their real leaves and cherry tomatoes are blooming. 🌱
Nomad days are over. Building new gardens for what remains of my future.
April 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Nomad days are over. Building new gardens for what remains of my future.