• Flowers - Gardening - Herbs - Midwifery - Women

    Herbs in a Nosegay

    August 2, 2021 - By 

    This summer I have had more time in the garden. The flowers and herbs are flourishing. I picked a nosegay including these herbs with their flowers: calendula, echinacea, feverfew, lavender, mint, lemon balm and marjoram. Some years ago, when I was working as maternity nurse and Lamaze instructor, I came…

  • Flowers and Berries
    Berries - Faith - Flowers

    Rhythm of Life

    August 9, 2019 - By 

    The mint in my backyard has flowered; tiny white flowers make a wreath around the stem. I pause to wonder at the delicate loveliness. The phlox are a bright spot of color. I can see them from my kitchen window. The elderberries are getting ripe. I will make elderberry juice/syrup…