Eat the Flowers.

These, not the deadly ones.

Cats and Flowers always make a home brighter. Messier too 😉

Also, the cat distribution system has blessed us with yet another. Meet Yukon Cornelius, stray cat about to get caught and neutered.

Love seeing this Eagle family on the property line. This Eagle pair routinely uses the area around our farm to hunt, train, and communicate with each other. Low fly-by’s are frequent.

When things feel big, hold tiny things

For those looking into Varroa destructor impact, here’s a great lecture: youtu.be/z2plL5NIRcw

I sign up for workshops with anticipation, and hope. Working with people I admire is a delight, spending time with creatives joyful, inspiring. Sign up for that thing. Meet your heroes. You’ll never be sorry that you did.

Perhaps we should all be watching Call the Midwife, to see how very far we've come, and how embarrassing some behaviors are in retrospect. If nuns can show kindness and compassion, why can't we all?

Gardens are where Dreams happen. Channeling this Provençe vibe and Dominique Lafourcade today...

It feels appropriate to start afresh, in January. Enjoying brisk January days of sunshine. Here, in the PNW, we have Mt. Tahoma/Rainier looming in the background, looking a bit miffed to take second fiddle to this blooming Hamamelis 'Diane', a glorious specimen in winter, adding needed color.