A Place Like This

Category: Nature

  • The Tea Maker

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Saturday we woke up to light sprinkles and some colder weather than we've been having all week. As I sat knitting, little "O" asked, "Would you like some tea?"  "That would be very nice. Thanks "O".  Never having made tea before, I didn't press him further, I just let him go into the kitchen himself…

  • The Stuga is now Open

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    Valarie Budayr
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    We are happily participating in the Great Outdoor Challenge. When I think of getting out doors, I think Stuga, which means "little red cabin" in Swedish, well it sort of does. After a terrible winter of snow, ice, and trees falling on my little house, I finally could make it up the mountain to spend…

  • The Stone Labyrinth

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Though sometimes life is a little bumpy and can feel like it's hitting you with stones, we can always take those stones and "make" a moment to reflect in their lessons. One by one in their individual beauty, we place them into a continous line.  Lighting our path as we go. To remind ourselves of the one…

  • Unfolding

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    Valarie Budayr
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    A Poem by Emily Dickinson A Light exists in SpringNot present on the YearAt any other period —When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroadOn Solitary FieldsThat Science cannot overtakeBut Human Nature feels. It waits upon the Lawn,It shows the furthest TreeUpon the furthest Slope you knowIt almost speaks to you.  Then as Horizons…

  • And the Sun Appeared

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    Valarie Budayr
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    I've been chilled to the bone this winter. It has been so unusally cold here. When I woke up Saturday morning, I knew something had changed while I slept, because I was awoken by the loud chatter of the birds. Once I opened my eyes I noticed that my bedroom was filled with sunlight. I…

  • One Small Change: One Seed at a Time

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Announcements: Gardenmama is  hosting an incredible giveaway from Natural Suburbia. It ends today so head on over. Yesterday the new edition of The Rhythm of the Home came out. I'm very happy to say that I contributed an article in this edition. There are so many talented women who have written for this.  Please enjoy…

  • Observed and a giveaway

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Maybe you remember our vixen and kits from last spring? After that sighting I never saw the kits again but through out the rest of this year, almost daily I am greeted by my friend the fox. She always seems to be aware of me and though she never comes near me, I am clearly…

  • Luna

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Thank you so much for all of your incredible feedback on yesterday's post. Today I'm still creating but I wanted to leave you with a little something that has truly touched my heart. Though Julia did something really incredible and way out there, for me anyway, her message was simple. I hope the next 4…

  • Journey North

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    Valarie Budayr
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    17 years ago when the girls were still small, I connected with an on-line group called Journey North. Twice a year we would watch the migration of the monarch butterflies,robins,gray whales, tulips, and wolves. Oftentimes, I will be watching two or three migrations at a time but the one which has always been consistent is that…

  • Early Morning

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Eventhough it's been raining, I decided that this year I wouldn't lose my blueberry bushes to the privet hedge. So out I trod over soggy land to start digging out my wonderful little friends…..the blueberry bushes. This morning greeted me with mild temperatures, a lovely fog, and the threat of rain. I'm just going to…