Thank You Lewis Rossignol

I think it is awesome that so many artists are giving free
 classes during our time of quarantine. Lewis Rossignol
 has long been one of my favorite artists and has been
sharing his creative process on his youtube channel.
This is my attempt after watchinghis latest video. I'm
looking forward to his collage process.

13

The number thirteen is considered a sacred number by indigenous peoples.

During ancient times the year was divided into thirteen months because 

there were thirteen full moons in a year...and a woman's cycle is intimately

linked with the cycles of the moon. In those times women were greatly

honored because their bodies were synchronized with the heavens and 

able to create life...the same as Mother Earth.

The vast majority of people now have lost connection with Mother Earth

and seem intent on destroying her while forgetting it is She who supports

us. I think we will see more and more people give up the life of

consumerism and return to a more Earth based life once the restrictions

of this panic driven pandema are lifted...and I think women will

be the guides in this movement.

"I am a voice for the voiceless...
speaking for our Mother Earth."

A Matter of Inspiration

Colette O'Neill of Bealtaine Cottage is such an inspiration. She bought this three acre piece of land:

and transformed it into this wonderland:

She has a book that tells of her journey... I don't have it yet but plan to order it as soon as

funds are available.

Colette also has a youtube channel where she documents her progress. In this time of being homebound with "the virus" it's been a great comfort to watch her videos. Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy her walk abouts.

Is There Anybody Out There?

Helloooooooooooo

....is there anybody out there?

I've been AWOL for quite some time...just living life. Nothing particularly interesting to catch up on so....let's start anew.

I have decided to let the majority of my four acre property rewild....hopefully become woodland. When my family bought this land it was basically open field with all the topsoil sold off for profit by the previous owner. I've tried to "garden" here for the better part of forty plus years by amending spots for whatever I was planting. That being said...most things have not done well because when the roots hit below the amended soil they became unhappy campers. I have planted many trees and shrubs around the property that are thriving but not like they should....and I've kept about two acres of grass cut as lawn all this time (two acres are fenced pasture with sheep). 

Last year I read "The Garden Awakening" by Mary Reynolds.

Awesome book....highly recommended! And this past winter I ran across her website:

We Are The Ark which helped me to decide to rewild my land. She asks that each person make a sign to let others know what's going on. Here's mine:

I live on a very small budget so there won't be any scraping off the grass to start over or purchasing of native plants. My plan is to scavenge what I can from the fields and woods around here. I expect there will be a lot of poor plants that won't make it after I rehome them but I'm gonna try.

I'm already lucky enough to have plenty of wildlife around...birds..deer..fox..skunks..squirrels..opossum..chipmunks and rabbits to name a few. I have an abundant amount of insects...even honey bees...though not housed here on my property.

I even had some white wild yarrow just show up last year:

My plan is to document my journey here...successes and failures. I'm ready to get started but will have to work around the pollen for a little longer because of my allergies. I'm hoping to get some things started on light rainy days so I can be out. I've got several volunteer trees and a few shrubs I'd like to move. ( I know...should have done that last fall but it's gonna be done now).

Wish me (and all my little plant spirits) luck!