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As I was working on my masks today...painting the rims with Gold... to represent the golden inner light of love spilling out onto the outer life ... I was thinking about when I come up against my uncertaintys... what are some ways to help myself...??? I remember that I paint! When I've lost those most important people to me in my life... I paint! I paint walls, furniture, Barns, houses, fences, whatevers... I paint! It just helps me get unstuck from my feelings of uncertainty... Of course... then I can do the deeper work of letting go ... releasing... and in time returning back to the flow of my creations with unconditional love of myself. This is my way... what's you way??? I believe It's very important that in the end, we ... each one of us discover our own way! And that having support along the way with others makes it so much more enjoyable! this is true self love and ownership of the reality we are creating! Thank for stoping by today... for a windy day in the Garden... painting! May Grace fill your World & Love fill your Heart!! ~if you love gardens and plants~ Then just for fun...check out... NSAfarm.blogspot.com

I hope you will forgive me... I'm late getting this posted and instead of doing an indepth Description I'm opting to post now!!!! Much Gratitude for your understanding! Love and Garden Hugs ;D

Greetings to you today! I found out this morning that today was National Flower Day! So.....in Celebration of this Auspicious day, for a lover of all things Flowers... we are Planting a box with Scabious, (also known as pin cushion flower) along with Yellow Pansies & a couple of budded-up Peach branches I snagged... after helping my neighbor prune her peach tree. I picked up these flowers a few days back on a sun filled day while at the big box Grocery store because they looked soooo wonderful! And in all my years of plant shopping I know that if the price is right and the plants are this lovely.... get them! because that is a winning combination! you will be able to tuck them in pots and later out into the landscape...a total win win! Funny... it was as if I were preparing for this project today! So lovely when the Universe gently nudges you with support in the perfect timing & space & direction for something you are conspiring to create!! This is one of those Serendipity events! With the power of a single flower’s creative Superpower to Bloom, be Beautiful, attracting pollinators that inspire the onset of new seed development... perpetuating new life.... is simply an Awesome act of Creation! I think we can safely say that Flowers are the givers of new life! I just think that is so cool that we can choose to frame things in ways that support us in this Journey of life. On this day of Celebration... we are encouraged to take in the life giving energy & beauty of Flowers... How are you Celebrating? would love to know! I hope the Joy & Beauty of this simple Flower arrangement that we planted together today, fills your heart, mind and soul with Love & the Universal Life Flow🥀🌸🌺🌼🌷🌻🥀

1st... Let me address my 'Camera Experiment'... I did not get my self in the Camera lens in the beginning like I wanted to... I'll need to work on that! :D thanks for being here and being willing for me to learn as I go! The topic today is Self Care & Maintenance ... and how I'm continually learning how to create self care that nurtures & nourishes me now at this time in my life.... we are continually evolving and growing and developing and so our self care may need a revisit! Perhaps pulling up some of the things that worked in the past or creating something completely new!?! Doing what comes from our Heart can help immensely! I am constantly learning... it's a practice right!?!... Today, for some wonderful reason... I was remembering how, when I was taking care of my father's NSAFarm & Botanical Gardens in So California... ...I would roll out of bed... get my coffee & camera... and go see what's happening with the plants in the morning light of the day! felt too good! so I'm implementing it again! no pruners to work ...just being curious with my camera and Mama Nature in her Glory! I shot 15,000pics while I was there for 2 years and created a memorial Blog of sorts... (nsafarm.Blogspot.com if your interested...;D) In the Blog... I was basically talking to my Dad and showing him what was going on in his Micro-climate & Plant World as I cared for these living nature beings... all the while... I was Cleaning & refreshing 2 Houses, a Garage & Artist studio & entire Acre of plants he collected and bred for 40+ years. Why was I there you may ask? Our father passed into the next world suddenly after a giant 'Rare Fruit Growers' plant sale... ... he brought over 200 potted plants to help with the Chapter's fund raiser that he belonged to! ( another Story for down the road!) So... the sad truth was... no matter how wonderful the property was...in the end... my sis and I had to sell the property... because both of us have similar properties of our own in Northern California. And yes... you're right! us two apples did not fall far from that tree of inspirational fruit! all that to say that It always made me so happy... me... my camera... and the morning light on the plants was so refreshing!!! so, I thought I'd try that again to incorporate it into my weekly Self Care Routine .... you know!?!... it's like a spa treatment for my Body, Mind, Soul & Senses! So here today I share with you some of my succulent arrangements in different states of growth and how they are doing while I chat about my thoughts on self care... What are your Self care Habits? got any? wanna start any new ones? I'd love to hear about them! Thanks for stoping by today! Have a fabulous day my Friends... Love & Hugs from a late Winter Garden of Innate Beauty...Knowledge & Wisdom :D

Change and Resistance to change can feel like Anger... or is it just Determined and Focused Energy? What do you name this Energy wanting to Explode into Growth? Being that last couple of weeks of Winter.... if you haven't already... take some time and reflect on last year and reimagine how & what you want to create in this new Growth Season Ahead! Love and Warm Nature Hugs! :D

Feed your soil with Great amendments for amazing plants & Feed your mind with Great supportive thoughts! Sending you Love and Garden Hugs!

There are so many lovely plants in this garden... just wanted to share them with you for a pop of FUN! Love & Garden Hugs! :D

taking you along for Painting the insides of the mask project and talking through my recent project of transplanting 3 mature plants from one garden bed to another! It took me way longer in actuality than it did in my mind's eye! Creating anything in the physical world always seems to take me longer that I think it will... Does that happen to you too? I feel like in my minds eye there are no Barriers to the cretions... but in the physical Reality...there are lots of steps that must happen before it can come fully into its form... mass... & reality! So fascinating! Hope this finds you well and enjoying the last bits of the waining Winter Season! Love and Garden Hugs!

I'm trying something a bit different... telling a story of how our mind work! Our Attention is so powerful! see you tomorrow! Love & Garden Hugs!

the bridge between the Caterpillar and the Butterfly is the stage when it takes its old self apart and puts together a new beingness! This in-between stage is when the caterpillar is no longer and the butterfly is yet to be formed... Metamorphic Goo stage! no for no shape yet but the knowing that it is on its way to becoming a Butterfly! Just like we do when we are creating something new... we take apart the old that no longer is us and begin to form a new beingness... with such beauty that it can fly! Thanks for stoping by & joining me as I muse about this transformational occurrence in Nature's world and in our World too!!

I'll get the hang of this! My 30day intention for this Experiment:... was to explore Authentic Expression and find my voice on Camera, in Nature, Musing through my thoughts, ideas, Dreams & the ups and downs of the Journey with No script. I Committed to do this from my Heart... Showing-up consistently & Honoring my Word with myself & the process, and doing my best without Judgment of myself best I can. Also, my intention was (& still is) to suss out how Nature (Mama Gaia), Gardening, Creativity, Spirituality & Conscious Awareness can be a Harmonious & Supportive co-Creation. Like a beautiful Plant Honoring herself by Growing & Blooming from her truest nature, as she co-Creates Harmoniously with the Garden she's growing in. What I Learned: ...so many things... not just about the technical process, of equipment and my roles to pull this off, but about myself & the simple but profound act of just Showing up. Learning to Honor myself, lov myself as I am, respect myself, Trust myself, Value myself & Believe in myself & the process. I learned that Action will teach us - if, we just give it a chance, with Focused Attention - to grow in so many ways! And that this process of sharing the Love & Joy I feel when I share Nature’s & Life’s preciousness with others… even if it’s through the lens of a camera… can touch the lives of others in a positive way I never imagined possible... and in such a short time! Wow! Mind Blown! My Gratitude: goes out to those brave Souls that have gone on this journey with me creating their own Content, showing up and spreading their love & Joy & support! I’m also grateful to YOU… the ones that have watched and commented and subscribed and gone on this journey with me! What Fun!!!!! I look forward to more Delightful Interactions with you… conversations about Nature, Gardening and life Journey's that lead us to Self Discovery & Growth… in our Hearts, Minds, Souls & Gardens! Here's to 70more Experimental Videos!!!!

so many parallels in the timing of Mother Natures Storm front rollin' in and the one going n inside me! And the few brave early bloomers we spotted along with seeds beginning to germanate! so much fun!

Happily Blooming 'Angle's Trumpet'... (Brugmansia) here in Northern California Originally this plant was growing in my Father’s 1 Acre Botanical Garden’s (NSA Farm) in Southern California. I propagated them from his Garden many years ago & they continue to grow in my Northern California Garden. Each fall I cut down that years growth and start tips for new plants… continuing to allow the stumps to re-sprout the coming year. It is one of these propagated tip cuttings I that I planted here in my friend’s garden 3 years ago… that you see here! These are sooo intoxicatingly fragrant & Lovely! And how could we not love the name Angels Trumpet’s heralding us with that fragrance to a richer experience just by there smell! Not to mention that it is a Sacred Psychotropic plant… used in Ceremony, by indigoes people, for expanding the minds perception of Reality… to a richer experience! I do not partake in ingesting any of the Psychotropic plants that I am growing here… but we commune energetically & they also commune with all the beings that visit this property & Gardens… People feel it… a Garden of Healing on so many levels… Medicinally, Energetically, Visually, Creatively… and… I believe Plants are Healers on all levels! Thanks for stoping by today and being a part of this 30 day challenge! This is day Day 28! Love and Garden Hugs!

Nature unfolds it Creative Beauty ... & in doing so, she helps us to understand our own innate Creativity... I invite you to explore this innate Creative Nature that is within you! it's a beautiful thing!

I was sooooo pooped after an unplanned 4 hr day working on closing loops out in the big Concrete World ... Once I had some food in me all I wanted to do was flake out! Kept trying to tell myself that I can miss today's video... and then Aleana's voice rang in my ear.... "documenting my day & life!" ... so I went for it before the sun set! I just did a Quick hello to you all! A where I'm at check in Video! sooo glad I did! Showing up for me ... why??? 'cuse I said I would do 30 days of videos!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple & Sweet! Love & Garden Hugs to all of you amazing peeps on this Journey with me!

Isn’t it wonderful how Mother Nature calls us to grow and develop with her Seasons… and with all the nuances that occur within a Season’s unfolding. Like today… the sun is softly Shinning with wispy clouds streaked across the vivid blue sky just like an early Spring day. On days like this at this time of the Late Winter Season…I’m beginning to feel the gentle tug/prompting to begin opening up gently out of winter’s dormancy and make some active moves to Expand… inwardly & outwardly in my actual Garden! so I say to us... continue dreaming... dream big!!!! And at the same time… move ahead… finish up removing the old dead wood… Closing those open loops & all that left over stuff that does not fit into this new Season's Garden & Life Experience & Design & Creation. Make room for all that is to bloom ahead! And we must always remember to be gentle & kind with ourself.... Use Nature as a healing tool by spending time in it… grounding your body into it... knowing that you are safe and supported always by mother Gaia & the Universe's Unconditional Love & Healing Light. Energy Hugs... Love n Light to each and every one of you! Thanks for stoping by for a visit! You are welcome to my Channel anytime!

Here I’m just giving you a look see as to what I use & what I will be doing to assist me in closing a challenging Open Loop in this Release Ceremony with the fire to assist! I also walk you through a little bit... Come join me!

in my world there are 2 different type of weeds... those I like & those I do not like so much! All of which seem to appear out of no where in abundance after a rain & a bit of sunshine… Likely split! In no time... they take hold and are everywhere! But really a weed is just a plant that we don't want in our garden. But in my garden often time a desired plant begins to take over a space that I don't want it to... These I often refer to as the weeds I love! so I transplant them to a more desirable spot… or pot them up to give away... or some times it just get recycled in the compost... Now… about the weeds I don’t like are the ones that have no place in my gardens over all design & purpose! These guys just gotta get pulled & recycled in the compost! The weeds in our mind are similar in nature but they take the form of unwanted thoughts! They are always trying to take hold… Just like in the garden pulling them out early is the easiest because their riots are young & tender & release from the soil readily! And the second bonus is that when you get them before they develop & sprout there seeds creating more weeds! So in view of all this… staying aware of what we let into our minds to germinate and grow in within our control by staying aware! I use journaling & having a supportive Community to check in with and stay on track with weekly! If you feel moved do some journaling about what thoughts you are wanting to grow… and where can you get support to help them develop grow! Energy Hugs... Love n Light to each and every one of you! Thanks for stoping by for a visit! You are welcome to my Channel anytime!

Daffodils/ Succulents & Mycelium ( pl. : mycelia) is a root-like structure of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae. Fungal colonies composed of mycelium are found in and on soil and many other substrates... ...and the fruiting body is a mushroom! so amazing and beautiful!

Hey There! Glad you stoped by…. Come along as I take you around the Garden for a look see as to how Swampy it gets here after a big rain fall... After all…. The property is contagious with a vernal pool area which is basically a swale in the topography…Any way… …this system brought about 7" to the property and there is so much good about it!... It helps bring dormant seeds into germination ... It feeds the Aquifer for the coming Summer months… It’s the best at watering the entire property... (best Sprinkler ever!) …And it softens the heavy adobe soil to make pulling weeds so much easer… just to name a few! Which by the way…is why trees fall over with big Gusts of wind … when the soil is saturated it becomes like soup! Tucked in there I wanted to start the conversation about Community with Plants and why not people too!?! So come along for the tour & chat! As always … I’m curious how your plant communities are doing in your Garden…. And …what do you look for in a Community of Peeps?? I look for …. Like minded…High Vibed…interested in Personal Development & Spiritual Growth/ Learning/Developing & Leading with the Heart…. I’m sure I have more… so I will continue to Muse on this one Too! Be well until we meet up again next time!

I'm so excited to be able to share the Rain with you in a Meditation today.... such a treat to have it as a focal point for our mind's Focus & Attention... Relax, Ground and wash away our tensions with the Rain... wash it down into Mother Earth connecting our Grounding Cord with Her...plugging into Her Vibrant Energy Source here to support us...also...connecting with our Beautiful-Higest-Selves...with Life/Force's support all around us....And.... all this by Simply Listening to the Rain.... Hey thanks for stoping by..... to check out my 30 day video "finding my own voice" Challenge Some days I feel plugged in ....and some... not so much .... ...like when I feel that I'm rambling or jabbering on... hehe!!!! it's a journey here for sure... a path to discovery and I'm honored your are here!!! after all.... All of us Contribute our Wisdom Naturally.... the question is ....are we focused on what Supports Life's Beauty & Strong Hearts & Unconditional Loving or something else???? Keep Shining Brite my friends! :-))xo

The Storm is here!!! So….What’s going on in the outer Garden & our Inner garden? This Winter We’ve been working through the 5 “R” Rest Rejuvanate - re’Couperate - re-Energize & re-Imagine… along with Musings & Considerings of all our Dreams & ideas…. As this process is happening…. as we start to re-Frame… …the roots of those Dreams/Ideas begin to stregenth & coalesce into Collections of potential…and within the very nature of this process it begins to develop Clairty & Structure ….like a seed or plant… full of potential for the growing year ahead! The Swelling & Budding up… Expanding… Flowing Energy into the tender growth points..breaking ground gently but steadily… peaking out …pushing tender new shoots out of the moist fertile soil… feeling the temperature… germinating into the new re-imagined Clear Seed-Ideas… The developing of structured forms in anticipation of a fresh new Growing Season… Germinating into full Potential for this NEW Season’s Glorious & Abundant Harvest of our own Special Fruits & Flowers. All this is Colessing our Clarity!!! And learning how we naturally move & flow forward in our special unique experiences & Creations! I love this idea because the sense & feeling of Structure to the Dream gives way to the actual creation of it!… giving birth! Sprouting of the seed of potential… Yin & Yang if you will!…. Dreamer & Doer…Balance! With out the Doing the Idea/Dream can not become reality! No seed, no plant! Hey thanks for stoping by and being part of this Seasonal Growth Journey! If you feel moved to share where YOU are in Week #9 of Winter …join in on the conversation… After all…… we are a collection of Great Wisdoms so….lets share it with each other so we can all grow together! Wishing you Love, Health & Beauty in your journey back to yourself through the eyes of a Gardner & Nature Lover!

Big Storm a brewing here at Swampy Acres… And I just spent the morning securing all the things that can fly away! And while I was working on that….I was thinking about an upset early this week where it felt like an inner Storm hit me hard!! nothing made sense... I felt unsettled...uneasy.... a bit blue... and for a time this inner storm rendered me unable to take any healthy action... The Storm & its effects broke when I got outside into Nature.... The feeling is like the Calm after a Storm in the outer world….being grounded! So...What do Outer Storms/Inner Storms have to do with Grounding? EVERYTHING!!!!!! I share here 2 techniques that we can use to get us out of the inner Chaos and back into our Calm Clear Certain Center! Join me as we practice them here together! Also... just wondering…. ?what do you use to bring Calm back into your Body, Mind & World? I’d love to learn your techniques too! Thanks for joining me on this Journey and Adventure! Until next time! Love & Hugs from me & the Wintery Stormy Gardens ;-))