Tag Archives: plants

Creative Mother’s Day Gift

Posted on May 9, 2022 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply | Tagged artistic, creativity, garden, mother's day, plants, shovel | 2 Comments

Brighten The Corner Where You Are

Posted on February 23, 2022 by hernibs

Posted in blessings | Tagged cheery, fowers, Life, plants, primroses | 1 Comment

Entwined

Posted on June 5, 2020 by hernibs

We have grown together like two different species of plants entwined but not dependent, at least I like to think so. ©Excerpt from “Entwined” Sharron R. McMillan

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, entwined, forest, grown, happy place, inspiration, Life, nature, Peace, photograph, plants, poem, seeing, species, thoughts, woods | 2 Comments

Osmanthus Delavayi (Delavay Tea Olive) Flowers are regarded as edible, floated as a fragrant garnish in drinks, or dried & added as a seasoning in fancy tea mixes, or in potpourri. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds Means: fragrant flowers.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, flowers, garden, home, inspiration, nature, Osmanthus Delavayi, photograph, plants, scented, seasoning, seeing, spring | 1 Comment

Plants Add Life Where There Is No Life

Posted on November 13, 2019 by hernibs

Plants offer us connections to life-forms totally different from our own. Like us, plants grow and become. But unlike plants, we stop growing and start behaving, as do other animals. Plants are the source of qualities that we and other … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, cemetery, inspiration, Life, nature, pansies, Peace, photograph, plants, Rupert Sheldrake, seeing, thoughts | 1 Comment

Pond

Posted on October 4, 2017 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, garden, goldfish, happy place, heron, nature, Peace, photograph, photography, plants, pond, seeing | Leave a comment

Pond Plants 2

Posted on September 28, 2017 by hernibs

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Pond Plants

Posted on September 27, 2017 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, garden, grass, happy place, inspiration, nature, photograph, photography, plants, pond | Leave a comment

Blooming Cold

Posted on March 3, 2017 by hernibs

Hellebores “Ivory Prince” Walhelivory In the Middle Ages, people strewed the flowers on the floors of their homes to drive out evil influences and they also blessed their animals with it. It actually is one of the few plants that … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, blessing, Christmas Rose, deer proof, evil, flowers, garden, hellebore, Hellebores, hope, inspiration, Life, nature, photograph, plants, seeing, toxic | Leave a comment

Siberian Miner’s Lettuce

Posted on April 28, 2015 by hernibs

Siberian Miners Lettuce (Candy Flower) Montia sibirica It’s really spring when one can nibble a leaf or flower while walking the trails. Miner’s Lettuce is the best tasting wild salad greens. Stems, leaves, flowers and roots are delicious raw or … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, edible weeds, forest, nature, nibble, photograph, photography, plants, Siberian Miner's Lettuce, spring, survival, wild food, woods | 1 Comment

Ivory Prince Hellebore

Posted on February 27, 2015 by hernibs

Ivory flower buds flushed with pink appear mid winter and open to outward facing blooms that last all spring. Petals streaked with green and backed with a warm rosy shade. Blue Green foliage. From my daughters for Mother’s Day eight … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, deer proof, garden, Helleborus, inspiration, nature, perennial, photograph, photography, plants, winter rose, wringer washer | 1 Comment

Farmer’s Market

Posted on August 31, 2014 by hernibs

Paradise resurrected, where cars and pollution reign the rest of the week. A group of local growers and gardeners gather every Saturday to make that end of town look more like the paradise it once was. Home grown vegetables, preserves, … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged crafts, farmer's market, flowers, food, green, happy place, honey, inspiration, local, morning, photograph, photography, plants, poem, poetry | 1 Comment