just breathe

#TouchEarth

Fresh-picked macadamia nuts, harvested on Thanksgiving Day. So fun, so grateful. Next steps: de-husk, dry, crack, roast, and EAT!

🌱 #Gardening #Harvest #Grateful #nature #TouchEarth #MindfulnessMonday

First day of September, and my “Elizabeth” rose is swanning like it’s still Spring.

(Rabbits, Rabbits, Rabbits. 🐇🐇🐇)

🌱 #Gardening #TouchEarth #Roses #FlowerReport #September

Monarchs, not kings.

(Monarch butterfly, foraging for nectar our Brazilian Skyflower.)

🌱 #FlowerReport #CAGardening #TouchEarth #CoastalSoCal #NoKings #MonarchButterfly #BrazilianSkyFlower #WingsUptWednesday

"First Love" gardenia, blindingly white in the sunshine. #FlowerReport on a temperate Tuesday in coastal SoCal.

🌱 #CAGardening #Gardening #TouchEarth #SummerWhites

I remember when I was just little, sitting in the grass, feeling dirt between my fingers, looking up into the trees and the clouds in the sky…
i sometimes think those moments of genuine childhood wonder and freedom will be the closest i will ever come to being my truest self.
❤️‍🩹
#touchearth

Allen's hummingbird standing sentry over the jasmine plants along the back fence. They're in full bloom right now, and the fragrance is intoxicating.

🪶 🌱 #FlowerReport from coastal #SoCal on the first day of June.
#BloomScrolling #CAGardening #TouchEarth #Birds #Hummingbird

Talk about a drama queen! From furled rosebud to fallen petals, here's Elizabeth's story arc, on a single cane.

🌱 #Elizabeth #davidaustinroses #RosesOfBlueSky #Gardening #Flowers #TouchEarth #Joy #LegacyRose

Jeffrey the Big Lebowski, in a paws for reflection.

#Caturday #AdoptDontShop #TheDudeAbides #TakeABreak 🌱 #TouchEarth

Now come the dahlias, to rival the roses. 🌱🌸

#FlowerReport #SoCal #CAGardening #TouchEarth

Have some #trees if you #please.

It was warm enough to take kids to the park so you get tree pictures.

#SaturdayVibes #TouchEarth #BlueSkies #FindJoy