Many stones and breathing blue light

Stones....

I've got stepping stones in my garden paths now!

Yay!

Now I just have to wait for the grass to spread

into the paths and it will look pretty good.

The seedlings are peaking through, and

around Thanksgiving I will be harvesting fresh

mesclun.  A while after that the other veggies will be ready

to harvest.  It will be nice to have fresh food

on the table for the holidays.

I love mesclun with

olive oil and sherry wine vinegar and

blue cheese and fried shallots on top.

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My mention of other small stones

is about paying attention to a single moment.

My other blog has some I have written...

http://gatheringsmallstones.blogspot.com

I am usually inspired by a photograph

that I have taken.

 A small stone is short

like a haiku

and very descriptive.

Breathing blue light

in November sun

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Happiness in the Accident

My small collection of pottery just grew by one more.

My friend Karen brought me a beautiful little Raku pot

from her trip to Seattle....

and also a handful of perfect tiny pinecones.

I have another Raku pot and you can see it

in my previous post here....

http://inkspillersattic.blogspot.com/2013/10/watercolor-still-life.html#links

Raku means

"happiness in the accident".

It is a type of firing process

that dates back to early 16th century Japan.

Don Nibert, a famous late Raku potter,

said this.....

"What is it about the dynamics of this particular discipline that makes Raku so vital.  Raku exemplifies....a complex relationship of material, human activity, and qualities of the natural world...Raku implies freshness and simplicity; it also defines an accidental or happenstance element, maybe even a imperfection which lends elegance and uniqueness to the whole.  Raku has a beauty that stems from age.  It stresses the appreciation of transient things and of the cycles of life that give rise to change.  It can also refer to the quality of unpretentiousness or a kind of primitive naturalness."

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Did you notice?

The little Raku pot has a metal lid

with a Kokopelli engraved on it.

I love it!

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The tiny pine cones are now in my potpourri bowl.

I love pinecones, big and small.

Sometimes when I go to my cousins,

she gives me lots of pinecones from her yard.

Any new ideas for using pinecones?

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"Between every two pines is a doorway

to a new world."

---John Muir

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

October garden progress...

Gardening time is prime in October,

here in south Texas.

I've been so busy that I just now filled my beds

and planted seeds etc.

The raised beds are filled with great stuff

like different kinds of compost,

peat moss, vermiculite, top soil,

and other good stuff.

John Dromgoole, a gardener from Austin, Texas

created a wonderful garden blend.

He is known as the Natural Gardener

and has the longest running garden radio talk show in America.

Visit his site here

http://www.naturalgardeneraustin.com/

Here is my garden today....

I planted herbs in the center bed where the sun dial is.

Where the cages are I planted pea vines.

Then I transplanted some cabbage plants,

planted some lettuces, mesclun, beets, and more

fall/winter veggie seeds.

In about 60 days it will be harvest time.

This is La Mancha, the cat.

He loves the garden,

and likes to lie down under my hibiscus.

Here he is coming up onto our patio.

He is still very shy.

He basically lives in the lot next door,

but visits us often.

He is a wild cat, but we hope to catch him

and take him to the vet one day.

A friend of mine told me her father was growing

a lot of Papaya trees from seed. 

She said they were up and ready to transplant

if I wanted some.

I was thrilled to take three.

They are

about 2 feet tall so far.

I can't wait to pick a fresh papaya!

Savor the Day!

Yvonne