Author: Lisa or Li

mother, grandmother, gardener, observer of nature, reader, writer, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music, philosophical daoist. Welcome.

The Oracle Speaks — Light Melt

like the universemake not secretdark cup o’ nighthard as glassfated must dazzlemelt ocean icein a smile   top image “Large Parrot Screams Color,” by Jim Dine, installed at fmg This poem came from The Poet Kit.  Today I bought the botanical kit and can’t wait to try it out.

Doodads — Saturday Stroll in and out 051824

First pic is of the dawn redwood, now a year old.  I learned that they have leaves that look like evergreens but they drop them in the fall, like larch.  The tallest one, you can see the bright green on the stem/trunk which is the new growth this year.  I also planted some seeds from…

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Friday Favorite Feature 34 — fmg 050724

Since it’s been so busy I’ve been behind in posting, reading, and processing pics taken.  I went through the pics from 050724 yesterday while taking breaks in working in the yard.  As you will begin to see, I share pics of Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park (fmg) often but you will rarely see repeats,…

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dVerse — MTB — Cloud Fish revisited

Memories like floating on puffsin cortico-limbic fashion;cloud dandelions, blown in huff,soar and dive to feel-triggered whimsto tumble, jumbled in the scuff.Exhausted, yet they rise againto disperse, scattered to the rough.Mere specks with their sails unfastened,return to cosmic hieroglyphs. magic 9 form Grace is today’s host of dVerse’ Meeting the Bar. Grace would like us to…

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Meijer Gardens Michigan All-State Bonsai Show May 10 — May 12, 2024

poster lifted from fmg website As I promised, here are the pics from the bonsai show.  All of them were taken by me, except for the last few, which were taken by “Anonymous,” aka my Daughter In-Law’s Father.  He’s an excellent photographer, and the pics are used with his permission.  I’ll have them as a…

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