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Its been busy. Life is busy. My friend that I have been caring for took a tumble and is now struggling with broken bones and the like. Its tough.

And I have been gardening. Seems spring may be here again for the second time in two months. My current plan is Flowers, flowers and more flowers. The other day when propagating Milk Weed and Coquina Salvia I imagined what it will be like when there are too many flowers! Can you imagine? Ugh. Flowers everywhere.  I cant stand it! Also, a Persimmon tree and two more blueberry bushes. As a former New Yorker there are still delights to discover, such as Persimmons. And to eat a fruit, fall in love and get to plant a tree... So that in a few years, I can stand in the garden and eat amazing organic fruit standing next to the tree from which it came? Okay.Yeah.  Talk about local. $12.99 at the feed store folks.  Learning/practicing patience, waiting for the fruit to come. It takes most trees three years to produce. Thats okay, Im hoping to be around. Beautiful in the meantime, our two year old peach tree is now ginormous with gorgeous pink blooms.

Im pulling boston ferns by the armload and depositing them in the chicken run. Makes everyone happy. The chickens eat them, and pick the bugs from the soil covered roots and I  plant flowers in their wake. And a Star Fruit tree. I had a star fruit off friend Vals tree last week. Amazing, and her garden is fabulous.  Perhaps pictures one day.

Last week when I was working in my most recent flower garden, The secret garden, I was appreciating how much I love the paths that form when gardening a new space. Trails you begin to walk, and begin to plant. Working with what already exists . Playing symphony with Natures work. Paths form, like crop circles in the garden.

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Im such slacker blogger. :) Well, see... First I went to California for a week. No chickens and no children. I slept till 10 am three mornings in a row. Really.. Four nights in LA, visiting a long time friend. A single dude with no children, in LA. So, thats a little different from my usual day to day. But, it was so much fun. The piers at night, watching waves crash while enjoying a glass of vino. The Getty Museum,  with a  fabulous exhibition celebrating California art from the 50s thru the 80s and of course, the gardens. Amazing food and no cooking. My buddy and I spent a day in Azusa canyon which was breathtaking and hilarious. And then on to Malibu where I stayed with close friends/family. More gardens, more food, and more no chores!

Now Im home and right back in it. New tenants (a sweet little family I have known for years), working on the houses, family, friends and neighbors. My elder friend that I have been working with is moving home. She has been in Assisted Living for years and its time to come home. Her family lives out of state, so I am busy coordinating full time care for her and all the other pieces that come with a move like this. Im really happy for her, getting to go back to her beautiful home, for the last chapter of her life. I hope we make it in time..

Last week I was wearing sundresses and propagating milk weed in my newest garden (The secret garden. Its mostly native flowers with a pear tree, lemon tree and avocado baby thrown in for good measure). This week I have on my fabulous new thrift store, fun fur coat i posted pics of a while back. Love the coat but prefer the sundresses and the sundress weather.

Alright. I have holes that need diggin, gardens to water, children to pick up from school and hospice to meet with. Breathing. Breathing. Much love yall. Enjoy the day.