" In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful ."

 " In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful ."  

 Abram L. Urban

We fill our days with a series of activities designed to help us forget we are going to die one day.

One of my favorite places where I return again and again to find my balance is a garden.

As a young girl I used to walk around the garden of my childhood home talking with my mother.  I learned how to tend a garden by following her as she dead headed the faded blooms of each plant to encourage more blossoms.



February 12, 2011


 A few weeks ago I shared images from the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Winter Show.  We returned to the Gardens in the middle of a cold February weekend to enjoy the http://www.buffalogardens.com/p-136-night-lights-at-the-gardens.aspx

Main Dome at entrance

The gardens look different at night decorated with lights and wired with interactive sound machines



close up of cactus during night time lights in the garden show



Waterfall with interactive drum and light display



Moses- in- the-Cradle





Lady Slipper





      The little girl in me searches for a secret place to enjoy the peace and beauty of the garden

Kara and I found this hidden garden bench just the right place to stop and it a spell.



New friends are all around when you play in a garden.

 


The Most Important Part of a Garden is the One Who Enjoys It ;~)

In the depth of Winter a visit to the Botanical Gardens does wonders to lift your spirit and make your heart sing;~)

As a member of the Botanical Garden I strongly encourage you to visit the gardens soon.



so you plant your own garden...

        After a While

After a while you learn the subtle difference between

holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn

that love doesn't mean leaning
and company doesn't always mean security.

And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts

and presents aren't promises,
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead,
with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.


And you learn to build all your roads on today

because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans

and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.


After a while you learn that even sunshine burns
if you get too much, so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.


And you learn that you really can endure,

you really are strong, you really do have worth,

and you learn and you learn.
With every goodbye, you learn.

.....by Veronica Shoffstall

I have cancer cells in my breast in multi focal points.  There is no mass.  I do not feel sick.  It was a shock to me when the results of my bilateral biopsy showed malignant cells in my right breast.  I was shocked, stunned when I first heard this news.  Oh, Jesus, I said, How can this be ???
 My body heals so quickly.  Immediately I asked where do I go from here??? 

I AM HERE back in the middle of another chance to learn lesson for living.  I have been in a an intensive learning room before.             All Shall Be Well.  

Like a seed planted in the earth I will grow.  From this learning experience I will look a bit different but it will still be me.  
Souls do not break, they bounce ;~) 

I am Ultra Feminine Warrior.                All Shall Be well


Winter will be here for awhile then Spring will come again




Tuesday was a warm and sunny in Clarence NY so I planted my bulbs in my new island garden.



Winter will be here for awhile but Spring will come again ;~)