I love flowers. If you've seen my Facebook and Instagram pages, you'll see lots of flower photos 🌺🌻🌹 Living in Victoria (on Canada's southwest coast) makes it easy to share my love for flowers. Victoria's mild weather (in both summer and winter) makes it a paradise for gardeners. During my August trip to southern France … Continue reading Memories of France: Flowers
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Filling the Creative Well: Lavender Field Trips
Nearly 3 months ago I wrote my first "filling the creative well" blog and shared how I had decided to "go on an adventure once a week this summer" and then...writing and life got in the way of weekly adventures. I did manage to go to Victoria's Butchart Gardens several times, but that wasn't weekly … Continue reading Filling the Creative Well: Lavender Field Trips
Filling the Creative Well: Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary
Writers often talk about filling the creative well. I think everyone can benefit from filling this well because I believe every job and every life has a creative core. Lately, I've felt my creative well was getting low...very low...like I was running on empty. So I've decided to go on an adventure once a … Continue reading Filling the Creative Well: Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary
Stories of the Heart, Flower Pictures #GetLostInAStory
Amanda McIntyre has started a grassroots campaign promoting "the good stories, the amazing places, people, and experiences we've all had. The tiny snippets in life that restore our faith in humankind or give hope." I thought this was an excellent idea so I sent her my tiny snippet and she shared it yesterday on … Continue reading Stories of the Heart, Flower Pictures #GetLostInAStory
A Time to do Old & New Things – on a Travel Adventure
I recently returned from a 2-week trip to my home province of Alberta. When I try to describe this time away, I end up saying, "I did a lot of things I either hadn't done for a long time or had never done." THE OLD - things I'd done before but hadn't done in a … Continue reading A Time to do Old & New Things – on a Travel Adventure
Can Flowers Feed our Souls and Bodies? #Nature #History #Inspiration
Flowers are inspiring! Seeing the return of the wild Camas & Bluebells blooming in my nearest park (Beacon Hill in Victoria, British Columbia) always revives my spirits and reminds me of this historical tidbit: Native Americans or First Nations used the Camas bulb as a food source. I'd never looked into that historical tidbit, but my story-in-progress, HEALING HOPE, finally … Continue reading Can Flowers Feed our Souls and Bodies? #Nature #History #Inspiration