Daily Affirmations: Flowers

By: Pamela Leavey On: February 8, 2012 at 7:15 am

Today, I re-mind myself that there are always flowers blooming in my heart and mind. If I but stop for a moment of silent contemplation I can smell their sweetness in the air. And so I start my day, by stopping to smell the flowers and I am filled with joy. ~~ c. Pamela J. Leavey

(Photo: Stargazers ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)

It’s No Secret Garden…

By: Pamela Leavey On: July 19, 2011 at 9:08 pm

It’s no Secret Garden… but it’s mine…

This is my first perennial garden and I am enjoying the flowers of my labor.

(Photo: Pamela’s Perennial Garden On The River © Pamela J. Leavey)

Food For Thought

By: Pamela Leavey On: June 30, 2011 at 7:01 am

J. Krishnamurti…

Awareness is that state of mind which takes in everything -the crows flying across the sky, the flowers on the trees, the people sitting in front, the colors they are wearing- being extensively aware which needs watching, observing, taking in the shape of the leaf, the shape of the trunk, the shape of the head of another, what he is doing. To be extensively aware and from there acting, that is to be aware of the totality of one’s own being. To have a mere sectional capacity, a fragmentation of capacity or capacity fragmented, and to pursue that capacity and derive experience through that capacity which is limited—that makes the quality of the mind mediocre, limited, narrow. But an awareness of the totality of one’s own being, understood through the awareness of every thought and every feeling, and never limiting it, letting every thought and every feeling flower, and therefore being aware—that is entirely different from action or concentration that is merely capacity and therefore limited.

To let a thought flower or a feeling flower requires attention,not concentration. I mean by the flowering of a thought giving freedom to it to see what happens, what is taking place in your thought, in your feeling. Anything that flowers must have freedom, must have light; it cannot be restricted. You cannot put any value on it, you cannot say, “That is right, that is wrong; this should be, and that should not be”, thereby, you limit the flowering of thought. And it can only flower in this awareness. Therefore, if you go into it very deeply, you will find that this flowering of thought is the ending of thought. ~~ The Book Of Life

Daily Inspirations

By: Pamela Leavey On: June 15, 2011 at 10:51 am

Were all the year one constant sunshine, we
Should have no flowers,
All would be draught and leanness; not a tree
Would make us bowers;
Beauty consists in colors; and that’s best
Which is not fixed, but flies and flowers. ~~ Henry Vaughan

(Photo: c. Pamela J. Leavey 2011)

There Is

By: Pamela Leavey On: April 7, 2010 at 11:34 pm

There is an empty space
Where hearts meet in knowing;
That two people share
And fill
Like water and flowers
Together in a vase.
There is a silent place
Where two voices can be heard
Crying out in joy
For love shared,
Becomes the sound
Of the grandest symphony.

c. Pamela J. Leavey

Beautiful Gardens

By: Pamela Leavey On: June 8, 2009 at 1:36 pm

One of the things I love about the Newburyport/Amesbury area is the beautiful gardens. Unfortunately, I haven’t had a chance to take any photos attesting to this claim, but hopefully I will get some uploaded here soon.

Driving around, reacquainting myself with the area after being gone for so long, I have notices that there’s white Wisteria trees blooming everywhere along the roadside. The rhodedendrons are spectacular and in recent days the Peonies have been bursting with color.

Yesterday, I saw a garden in Newburyport that was bursting with Bearded Iris in a wide range of colors including Black.

My mother had beautiful flower gardens when I was growing up. I love to garden and it’s been years since I have lived any where that I could. We have a nice little year that gets some decent sun and a lot of shade. We’re trying out a few veggies and flowers with hope we’ll get enough sun to enjoy both.

It’s been fairly dry the past week or so, and of course the garden won’t grow with out water. Rather than using the hose and wasting water, we’re using a watering can. Bob Villa has some tips on other ways to save water when gardening.