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2020…are we ready?

26 Thursday Dec 2019

Posted by home, garden, life in dormant season, Lifestyle, sustainable lifestyle, Zen

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2020, goals, inspiration, life, New Year, poetry

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Will we run like a rabbit, distracted by technology and devices?

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Or will we keep our heads down…I am very familiar with this position…weeding, weeding, weeding.

Foothills at Free Union

Or will we pause, breathe, and gather strength for another year of creativity. This summer view is one road over from my home and keeps me grounded.

My 2020 goals will be patience, compassion, and more patience. Have you set goals for the New Year?

Please share your thoughts on 2020 in the comments section.

In closing I share these thoughts:

What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
~Crowfoot

Copyright © 2019 By Diane LaSauce All Rights Reserved

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words cross centuries

11 Thursday May 2017

Posted by home, garden, life in environment, garden, garden meditation, home, life, Lifestyle, Poetry, spring, sustainable lifestyle

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garden, home, inspiration, life, poetry

“I never had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small house and a large garden.”

– Abraham Cowley, 1618-1667, English poet

step by step

Copyright © 2017 By Diane LaSauce All Rights Reserved

kitty love

08 Wednesday Feb 2017

Posted by home, garden, life in cat, dormant season, old haunts, Past Loves, winter

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cat, dormant season, life, muse, poetry, winter

Have you ever had a cat touch it’s nose to your pencil as you write?

To gently push and force the page adjoining

Rattle ever so gently

In order to push aside, then rub her head on a corner

Stepping around in a tactful way

To lie down just aside the binding

Jolting as if to pounce

From your page it flies

Only to walk up your leg and

Chew on your eraser.

November 1972

Miss Kitty-my muse for eleven years

Miss Kitty ~ my muse for eleven years

Copyright © 2017 by Diane LaSauce All Rights Reserved

ode to the American Robin…

17 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by home, garden, life in Back Yard Birds, birds, feeding wild birds, haiku, Lifestyle, Poetry, sustainable lifestyle, wild birds

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American Robins, feeding wild birds, Haiku, March, poetry, Virginia, wild birds, winter

Today was a snow day — again.

embellished teuter

embellished teuter

My heart went out the hundreds of American Robins who are ambling here, eagerly awaiting spring in central Virginia. A few days ago when temps were in the 60’s, I marveled at the hundreds who hunted at dusk in the turf surrounding my home. They roost in the 135 Leyland cypress surrounding my property. 

Turdus migratorius ~ or the American Robin

Turdus migratorius ~ or the American Robin

Today, with five inches of fresh, wet snow covering any hope of turf morsels, numerous Robins scrambled for any scrap when many discovered my feeders. Normally Robins prefer fat, slithering, wet earthworms, yet during conditions such as today, they attempted to choke down Nandina berries and grains from the wild bird feeders. Forced to plan B, they quickly became disgruntled, aggressive, and downright ruffled…only the Red Bellied Woodpecker held his place at the feeders when Robins descended.

a very disgruntled American Robin

a very disgruntled American Robin

I could not resist, as dusk approached, to capture images. Forgive the handheld, through glass photos...

I could not resist, as dusk approached, to capture images. Forgive the handheld, through-glass photos…

 Robust robins await,
the snow, the thaw, the spring.
Today they all scold.

noble feathered display

noble feathered display

rear view of pondering robin

rear view of pondering robin

all plumped up in order to stay warm

all plumped up in order to stay warm

under the snow laden row of cypress
robins flick, flick, flick
their strong beaks,
rearranging the mulch
in search of the illusive earthworms,
who sleep just below the dormant surface.

Days at home with wild birds are very special.
The gift of observation is precious.
Time spent with them feed my creativity and poetic spirit.
I am glad to share my day with you.

Copyright © 2014 by Diane LaSauce All Rights Reserved

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all too soon

18 Thursday Oct 2012

Posted by home, garden, life in Lifestyle, nature, photography, Poetry, season

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change of seasons, nature, photography, poetry, virginia countryside

too soon october flys

november lurking in dreary skies

~ Diane LaSauce

Copyright © 2012 by Diane LaSauce All Rights Reserved

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on the horizon

10 Friday Aug 2012

Posted by home, garden, life in Back Yard Birds, birds, Lifestyle, photography

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back yard birds, change of seasons, photography, poetry, vultures

Just now, this Friday morning, I noticed a few newcomers to the yard. Mary Mockingbird was having a fit, attempting to drive them off, as her third nest is not far off in the magnolia. Is this an omen?

These guys appear rather ominous, yes?

This was my observation yesterday morning:

The sun is shining,

the zinnias are brilliant,

five doves poke around,

one bunny snoops,

not a snake in sight.

Mary Mocking bird feeds her new chicks,

catnip is in the drying shed.

I smell fall.

Copyright © 2012 by Diane LaSauce All Rights Reserved

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faces in the garden

08 Sunday Jul 2012

Posted by home, garden, life in garden, home, life, Lifestyle, Poetry, summer, sustainable lifestyle

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beauty, nature, photography, plants, poetry, summer flowers, Virginia

The following images resound from the gardens surrounding my home despite  horrendous heat and humidity…

Queen Ann, Queen Ann has washed her lace

she chose a summer’s day and laid it in a grassy place

to whiten if it may.

Queen Ann, Queen Ann

has left it there and slept all through the night

to wake to find the sunshine fair and all the meadows white.

Queen Ann, Queen Ann

is dead and gone, she died a summer’s day

yet left her lace to whiten on, each weed and tangled way.

Author Unknown

(I memorized this poem as a child)

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colors of city market part I

23 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by home, garden, life in farmer's market, Lifestyle, Poetry, spring flowers, sustainable lifestyle

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Buy Fresh Buy Local, Charlottesville City Market, design, farmer's market, poetry, shopping, support local businesses, vacation

Buy Fresh Buy Local® ~ Support local businesses.

Have you visited your local farmer’s market recently?

Things are happening there!

You know the drill…glide your mouse over images for further information. 😉

Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul. ~ Mario Quintana

Copyright © 2012 by Diane LaSauce All Rights Reserved

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what we learn from birds

30 Friday Mar 2012

Posted by home, garden, life in Back Yard Birds, birds, Bluebirds, garden, Lifestyle, March, photography, Poetry, season, sustainable lifestyle

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birds, feeding backyard birds, garden, poetry, sustainable living, Virginia

they are unique

they are beautiful

they survive.

they fight wickedly

then feed their mate before

themselves.

they are nurturing

they are clever

they do not waste.

they are quick

they are wise

they are free.

they are acrobats

they are magnificent

they color seasons

they are present

they remember.

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when spring awakes…

16 Friday Mar 2012

Posted by home, garden, life in environment, garden, garden meditation, home, home ownership, life, Lifestyle, Poetry, renewal, season, spring, sustainable lifestyle, Virginia

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environment, garden, garden chores, poetry, season, spring, Virginia, when spring awakes

when spring awakes,

I am not ready.

my rested bones sigh

at chores ahead.

the gardens demand attention—

feed me, sow me, weed me, turn me.

when spring awakes,

my sleek hair takes on

another life—frizz.

I grumble as the

tidy hoses unfurl,

and brace as I haul

against their weight.

when spring awakes,

I wonder

shall I hoe, plant, harvest, outwit

insects?

or shall I give in to another.

Copyright © 2012 by Diane LaSauce All Rights Reserved

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