Finally, we have a day of sun and no rain.  While the rain has been wonderful for the garden and it made weed pulling between showers yesterday relatively easy – I’m grateful for some sunshine.  The garden will appreciate the sunshine, too.  I took advantage of the glorious sunshine and  nice temperatures with a little [...]

Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions. ~ Antoinette Brown Blackwell My profession is always to be alert, to find God in nature, to know God’s lurking places, to attend to all the oratorios and the operas in nature. ~ Henry David Thoreau Have a great weekend!

Oh sweet spring!  The perfect weather for afternoon lunch break walks and gentle meditation. “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.”  ~John Muir “To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is [...]

“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter… to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple [...]

I started a few seeds over the weekend, sifted compost, organized some garden supplies, and spent numerous hours outside.  It was wonderful to feel the sun on my face and hear the snow and ice crack under my boots.  I didn’t even mind sliding and sticking in the mud now and then. It was wonderful [...]

“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more correctly, being loved in spite of yourself.” – Victor Hugo In general, I believe that we should celebrate love everyday, not just on Valentine’s day.  I hate the media attention to expressing love, mostly through the act of buying trinkets, [...]

There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.  ~James Thurber There’s a saying that if you don’t like the weather in Montana, wait five minutes.  Yesterday that was pretty much more accurate than any weather report you’d ever read.  The morning started out a bit rainy, then [...]

“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.”  ~John Quincy Adams  Coalby’s been a part of family for almost 8 months now.  I have to admit that it was touch and go in the beginning.  He and Meggy weren’t getting along and he was just so very skittish.  It was mainly [...]

Sometimes we get so busy dreaming and planning that we forget to “Be Here Now.”  I think that happens around the house most often, at least here at Two Frog Home.  Jeff and I are thinking about things we’d like to change, things we’d like to update, gardens we’d like to add, trees we want to plant, dreams [...]

When I first moved to Montana, I missed the red leaves of an east coast Autumn so very much.  I still do, a little, but these days I appreciate the beauty and color in a Montana Autumn. I think I mentioned I was taking a class that centered around the book, The Artist’s Way and while my [...]