Belle, Book, and Candle

A spray of orchids.  I took this photo in the Orchid Conservatory,  Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden  Charlotte, NC. I finished out ...

Winter came swooping in overnight and the temperature plunged to 20 degrees. It plans on staying there all day. So I found myself this m...

Just a tinge of fall color in North Carolina. Driving through the Smoky Mountains last week, I was surprised to see that the fall color...

It is still hot here - highs in the 90s for the next week. I am ready for autumn - still officially two weeks away. Although there isn't...

Queen Anne's Lace The park where I take a daily walk has a meadow that has been left to the wildflowers. This area, beside a small ...

Photo image by Ari at aribrownest.com Month by month, I have enjoyed reading along with Jean Hersey in her book The Shape of a Year (196...

And now a meditation on June from The Shape of a Year (1967) by Jean Hersey: There is an urgency in April and May in both man and Nat...

Image source: Retrographix The nights here have been cool and I have been sleeping with the bedroom window wide open. In the mornings, ...

April is like the raggedy, wandering gypsy lad of the fairy tale. When he moves streaks of gold show beneath his torn garments and you...

March is restless and wild and windswept. This is the month of sudden changes. One day the beginnings of...

Here is what author Jean Hersey has to say about February in her book  The Shape of the Year (1967).  These are weeks of fires, and fr...

"January begins a new year, crisp and fresh and white." The Shape of a Year by Jean Hersey I have just finished reading the J...

I have already pulled off my shelves three books that I bought in 2012 and that I have been saving to read this year.  It has been a fe...

Jean Hersey The Shape of a Year Lucky me! I scored three new/old books today and that always makes for a good day. Read This! Handpic...