Biomimicry

so thankful there are people like this

in this consumerism driven world....

Rooted In Nature

WOW
amazing artists
diana scherer AND mother nature!

my drug of choice.....

It's been raining here on and off all week leaving me stuck inside for longer than I'd like. I've always been an outdoors person....nature being my drug of choice. As a child I roamed the woods...playing for hours in the creek searching for "crawdads" and salamanders...building intricate villages from sticks and rocks...or just laying out in a field watching clouds (sure can't do that anymore with the fireants!)

Yesterday's workday seemed ten days long and I itched to get outside for a walk about and a little nature time. I guess Mother Nature felt my pain and sent me a little cheering committee. These guys were waiting outside the door when I splashed in from a soggy lunchbreak......

Thanks little guys.....

our lost sentinels.....

mother nature has had a serious attitude lately...

the storm night before last was the worst this area has seen

since hurricane hugo made his march across our little hamlet!

as far as i know...there were no personal injuries

but....oh....so many...beautiful...old... trees...

lost.....

trying to navigate around our county has been

like finding your way thru a maze...

road after road is completely blocked...

power lines down...

i've always heard when life deals you a lemon

squeeze it and make lemonade....

maybe we need to use these wisened...old...sentinels

to make furniture.....

like kaspar hamachers chairs....

searching for spring

mother nature is such a tease! we were given a little taste of spring and..........boom..........here we are.............right back in the ole winter coat! i bought all my herbs and a few tomato plants last weekend and the poor wee things have been banished to the covered parkway......i hear their little teeth chattering as i sit warmly here at my computer.......such a terrible mom to my new little chillrens. they're calling for rain, thunderstorms, and possible tornados tomorrow and maybe a break by sunday afternoon. meantime...........i keep walking from window to window........nose and palms pressed against the glass........searching for spring........