Tag Archives: Beauty

Creative Survival

Posted on November 18, 2018 by hernibs

Spiders this year are abundant, weaving their designs in front of the door, across the path, over the windows while we sleep, using what they have at hand to keep life afloat. Our yard is carpeted with tight, pitchy fir … Continue reading →

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Mushrooms Everywhere

Posted on November 17, 2018 by hernibs

A good year for mushrooms and they are popping up everywhere, so many different ones.

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More Mushrooms

Posted on November 16, 2018 by hernibs

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Being Peace

Posted on November 15, 2018 by hernibs

If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. ~Lao Tzu

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Can You See Me

Posted on November 14, 2018 by hernibs

Deer in the woods, can you spot it?

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Ringing the Gong at Sunset

Posted on November 11, 2018 by hernibs

Nov. 11, 2018 at sunset, I rang our gong 100 times. It was actually a very moving experience for me. I wasn’t going to ring the gong one hundred times, I thought I’d do a few gongs and call it … Continue reading →

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Peace and Quiet

Posted on November 10, 2018 by hernibs

Enjoying the quiet of the woods today – towhees talking, ravens gossiping, silence, crunch of gravel underfoot Peace. This is what we need to progress towards, more peace in our towns, in our world, in ourselves. ©Sharron R. McMillan

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Rain on Grape Leaves

Posted on November 9, 2018 by hernibs

Did you know that grape leaves keep pickles crisp in the place of using alum? We use one good-sized leaf per jar and it works like a charm.

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Mushrooms on Stump

Posted on November 8, 2018 by hernibs

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Herb Robert is Still Blooming

Posted on November 7, 2018 by hernibs

Geranium robertianum In traditional herbalism, Herb Robert is a remedy for toothache and nosebleed and in healing of wounds. The name refers to abbot and herbalist Robert of Molesme. Freshly picked leaves have an odor resembling burning tires when crushed, … Continue reading →

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Head Stand

Posted on November 5, 2018 by hernibs

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Hearts in Nature

Posted on November 4, 2018 by hernibs

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Primrose – a cheery surprise in the Fall garden

Posted on November 3, 2018 by hernibs

For medicinal purposes the whole plant is used. Flowers and leaves are gathered in the beginning of the blossom time. A decoction of the flowers are used as tea against dizziness, sleeplessness, headaches, and neurasthenia paralysis, physical stress, to strengthen … Continue reading →

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Peace

Posted on November 2, 2018 by hernibs

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. ~Sri Chinmoy

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Puddle

Posted on October 30, 2018 by hernibs

Fragments of thought splash the shattered cortex of my cerebellum, do not alight can not enter, only bounce about until settling somewhere inside my brain, lost forever in folds of intelligence, unable to decipher something so simple as a puddle. … Continue reading →

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