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sunny day here in Sparkling Lotus-land. I spent the last part of
the morning communing directly with garden beds by stretching
out on the ground in the walkway that separates the two
portions of the main garden bed. My cat, Celeste, was with me.
A day prior to this writing I spent a lovely hour in Bryant Park.
this mid-Manhattan oasis was LOADED with flower medicine
spirits and the attendant green/earth angels. The tree spirits
were strong and singing vibrantly towards the blue sky. I took
pictures meant as "simple" illustrations for my students. The
brilliance of the results make it clear the spirits were pleased to
be photographed even though I forgot to ask.
As I wandered instinctively towards the most light-filled areas of
the park, I was especially amazed to recall the same space as a
Forbidden Zone of my adolescent love affair with NYC. Going
into town just as often as I could, I avoided Bryant Park
because it was dangerous as well as decrepit. All the more
jaw-dropping to wander among exhilarated trees that shared
my general lifespan. What I learned at the impressionistic &
intuitive level is slowly percolating its way to more
comprehensive articulation! Earth and Flower Medicine
students will want to stay [at]tuned for
revelations/rumination/personal course-work suggestions
On strong display in the flower beds was a mauve colored
nicotiana, innumerable spires of electric blue sage, and lovely
lime-green woodland tobacco. I admired all three while eating
a scrumptious raspberry tart from Grand Central Market.
The day's mellow fullness has been wonderful here in the
northeast corridor. The sky is as blue and vivid as a
September sky ever gets. Throughout the afternoon garden
tasks are interspersed with filling thistle sacks and hummingbird
feeders. A lone female hummingbird visits the garden beds all
summer but at this time of year unknown birds come to feed in
the border places where we hang their food. This year we
have so many goldfinches that they cost almost as much to
feed as they cat! It should be interesting to see how many stay
through the winter. We've always had a core group of 14-16 in
the past.
The red allamanda vine is getting ready to bloom.
Deadheading chores bring more highlight and sparkle to the
current heavy bloomers like pink china asters, MEHERA
marigolds, red & pink zinnias (not planted anywhere near each
other!) lime colored Love Lies Bleeding. Wasps, beetles and
honeybees are gorging themselves on the last flush of
goldenrod.
Celeste and I have taken plenty of opportunities to relax and
enjoy each other's company. The ground is very vibrant. The
plantain medicine spirit abounds throughout the garden
walkways. I'll be pruning back enough lemon balm to fill our
wheelbarrow!
Doing my work I encountered representation of Grandmother
Spider at all the side and corner wards of the beds. These are
places I haven't frequented throughout the season as it was
made clear to me back in May that certain new areas had to be
kept off limits from humans and too much psychic attention on
my part. Thus on this rare tour of inspection and care I also
noticed next summer's sentry plants well-established and
radiant as the season's turning bring them closer to their own
moments of strongest illumination on the earth's healing gridline!
REMEMBER TO NOURISH, ADMIRE AND ENERGETICALLY
PAMPER ALL OF NEXT YEAR'S SENTRY/GUARDIAN
PLANTS THAT ARE PART OF YOUR OWN HEALING &
PROTECTIVE GRID. THESE PLANTS WILL BE SELF
APPOINTED - EITHER WILD-SEEDED FROM PREVIOUSLY
WILD PLANTS THAT WERE ALLOWED TO FLOURISH
RATHER THAN BEING ERADICATED OR FROM ONE LONE
DROPPED SEED THAT MIRACULOUSLY FLOURISHES
ENOUGH TO DISCHARGE A LOT MORE ENERGY THAN IT
DRAWS.
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