OASIS...

"The gardener cultivates wildness, 

                but does so carefully and respectfully, 

in full recognition of its mystery..." -Michael Pollan

"A garden always has a point..."- Elizabeth Hoyt

"To dream a garden...

...then to plant it..."-Stanley Crawford

"Gardening gives you an appreciation...
 

Rona

for the strength of life,

                    but it also shows you its fragility..." -Matt Puchalski

                                       

"Have you ever heard

                the wonderful silence

                                            just before the dawn?

Or the quiet and calm 

                         just before a storm ends? 

The hush of a country road at night...

            all very beautiful

                         if you listen carefully." 

                                                                                              -Norton Juster

Sweet Simon

"Create space simply 'to be'..."-Gabriella Goddard

rogue sunflowers

"Find a moment of stillness, give your heart a chance 

                      to tell you where you really want to be..." -Dodinsky

native cranesbill

"With each breath you take, 

                        you create space around your heart...

purple columbine                                    

...close your eyes. Notice. 

                   Trust that you choose 

                         what enters this space."- unknown

"Peace is always right here..." - Carol Tuttle

strawberry

"...it's a place where I find myself...

                                     ... when I need to lose myself..."

                                                                                           -Alice Sebold

Photographs 2026

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you."-John 14:27

MY DEAR FRIEND...

 For my dear friend, Judy J. 

Col 3:12-14 "Holy, and dearly loved, with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."

GITANJALI 1916 (an offering of songs) #67 by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) 

You are the sky and you are the nest as well.

O you beautiful, there in the nest is your love that encloses the soul with colours, and sounds and colours.

There comes the morning with the golden basket....

...in her right hand, bearing the wreath of beauty,

silently to crown the earth.

And there comes the evening over the lonely meadows deserted by herds,

through trackless paths,

carrying cool draughts of peace in her golden pitcher, from the western ocean of rest.

But there, where spreads the infinite sky 

for the soul to take her flight in,

reigns the stainless white radiance.

There is no day nor night, nor form nor colour and never , never a word.

This offering song by Tagore meaning:  God is infinite. The nest is where the soul develops. The soul can take unrestrained flight. Pure. Markless.

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one, when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship..." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Photographs 2026 from Campbell River, B.C. Canada. 

Gitanjali by R. Tagore is in the public domain.

WHO NEEDS it MOST...

"Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of Love who need it most..." -Ruth Carter Stapleton

"Send me the Love that keeps the heart still with the fullness of peace..." -Rabindranath Tagore

"Christmas is the hope of a new beginning..." -Marjorie Holmes

"I do hope your Christmas has a little touch of Eternity in amongst the rush..." -Evelyn Underhill

"To me He is all fault, who has no fault at all..." -Tennyson 

"Open wide the windows of our spirits and fill us full of light..."

                                                                                                              - Christina Rossetti

"Let me carry Your Love in my life like a harp does its music, and give it back to You..." -Rabindranath Tagore

"The time draws near...the moon is hid, the night is still..." 

          -Tennyson

"It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever..." -Markus Zusak

"Pour into this sick world, the healing medicine of Love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years..." -George Matthew Adams

                      LOVE.....

"Love's gift of Love waits to be accepted...."-Rabindranath Tagore

"Christmas is all about surrender..." -Nancy Leigh deMoss

"The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it is always young..." -Phillips Brooks

"Let  Your Love, like stars, shine in the darkness of my sleep and dawn in my awakening..."- Rabindranath Tagore

Photographs 2025   "Third Advent ( Love)"