Category Decorative plants

Moon

May 17, 2006 · by · in Betty, Breads, Cheyenne, Decorative plants, Janine, Merilee, Ruby, Sena, Soups, The land, Trees, Wild animals · 3 Comments

We are miles from the Village–Janine, Sena, Cheyenne, Ruby, Merilee, Betty, and I–on our first campout of the season. Minimalists, we sleep on bare ground, our bags zippered close for warmth, thick trampled grasses beneath for cushion.

Threads

September 15, 2005 · by · in Balboa, Birds, Celebrations, Cheyenne, compost, Decorative plants, Exo-architecture, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, food, Food preparation and preserving, Household variations/Coupling, Janine, Jasmine, Lotty, Meat, Native plants, Noah, Packer, Paintings/Mixed media, Plants in Ordinary, Rose and Cheyenne's home, Ruby, Sculpture, Tapestries/Quilts/Weavings/Basketry, The land, Village of Jasper, Weddings · Leave a comment

As we left, Lotty and I strung a garland of wild asters and daisies across the door, to be removed only by the bride and groom on the morrow, when they enter to spend their first night in their new home.

Nest

July 6, 2005 · by · in Birds, Books/authors mentioned in Ordinary, Cheyenne, Decorative plants, Jason, Murgatroid, Ordinary reptiles and amphibians, Rose and Cheyenne's home, Tawnya · 1 Comment

Cheyenne and I say good night and head up the path toward our bungalow. I breathe deeply, pulling in the fragrances of night-blooming jasmine and honeysuckle. The cool evening air is delicious on my skin.

Paint

June 29, 2005 · by · in Cheyenne, Decorative plants, Electronics, Murgatroid, Music in Ordinary, Paintings/Mixed media, Seafoam Knoll · Leave a comment

For the first time, we see one of Rose’s paintings, a work in progress: Bubble poppies bobbing in the breeze as a storm approaches the top of the hill.

Sow

June 23, 2005 · by · in Birds, Community structures, Decorative plants, Edible plants, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, garden produce, Manufactured goods in Ordinary, Murgatroid, Rose and Cheyenne's home · 2 Comments

Murgatroid steps across my hands, brushing her bushy black tail under my nose. But she doesn’t like the loamy soil. Dirties her paws. She soon retreats to the edge of the grass, where she plops down, spreads her forelegs back and over her head and exposes her underbelly to the morning sun.

Chores

June 17, 2005 · by · in Breakfast, Cheyenne, Decorative plants, Edible plants, Janine, June, Kami, Merilee, Music in Ordinary, Ralph, Work practices · 4 Comments

Just as gardeners garden (that’s me), weavers weave, and builders build in Ordinary, anyone who loves to plan, cook, and assemble meals can choose more time in the kitchen.

Sit

June 15, 2005 · by · in Birds, Community structures, Decorative plants, June, Kami, Spiritual practice, The land · 2 Comments

I give thanks for the twins, for this day, opening calm and sweet, for each one of the villagers, for a peaceful world, for this most beautiful Earth, for Spirit who helped us all to learn compassion and to grow peace in our hearts.