Collage Botanica Diary, 10 / August 26, 2024

 August 26, 2024

Collage Botanica Diary, 10

Hands down, no contest, Dave is the unequivocal master gardener here on our little patch of land. He’s the one outdoors planting, arranging, pruning, watering, transplanting, dividing, staking, mulching, deadheading, adding compost, and loving his gardens to life for the entirety of growing season.

However, here in my indoor collage botanica space—my studio greenhouse so to speak, I am also having a grand time, in my case growing greens and flowers from paper and paint, nurturing them tenderly and attentively, trimming as needed, and managing their development with an eye to how they interact with each other. Day by day I am totally present to the engaging process of loving them to life.

collage flowers growing in the greenhouse

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   Joyful Puttering

   August 26, 2024 at 10:11 am

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   I can only imagine Dave’s gardens in all their glory….but I can see that yours is coming along splendidly. I’m looking forward to seeing it fully planted on your piece!

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      Dotty Seiter

      August 26, 2024 at 1:40 pm

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      Thanks, MaryAnn. This piece has surprised me again and again in the making. The process has surprised me by its delicious protracted unfolding, an unfolding that has energized and engaged me, offering me an unexpected abundance of well-being and joy.

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   imajenationgmailcom

   August 26, 2024 at 2:56 pm

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   ”loving them to life” OH!!!!!!!!!! I want to swirl those words around in my mouth like the last melty goodness of vanilla ice cream in the bottom of the bowl. Brilliant!

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      Dotty Seiter

      August 26, 2024 at 3:22 pm

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      Lola! yes! a lotta love pouring into these blooms and leaves and stems and petals and pistils and stamens. I am LOVING being a collage gardener/florist. Seems to be both grounding me (literally and figuratively) and lifting me upward into light : )