JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

The other day we went outside in the garden, and Abigail was dismayed to discover that someone had been nibbling on her bulbs. The fault is mine, I suppose, for reorganizing, drawing a new boundary line to her bed, which exposed a few buried bulbs. Recent rain has only helped, washing more soil away. So […]

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waking in the morning to see the first narcissus blossoms

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The girls and I have been doing an experiment planting lima beans in plastic cups on the countertop. I like watching the beans burst from the dirt. The other day I enjoyed looking at this cup, where three different stages can be seen. Here one sprout has its first true leaves, while another one is […]

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Last week in the mornings as I jogged around the block, I noticed for the first time a thin layer of ice:, frosty white crust in the garden beds and a shimmer on the sidewalks. As temperatures got colder, it became time to shut down the garden, or at least the summer annuals and vegetables. […]

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Yesterday morning I got up with more than an hour to spend before the girls would wake, a rare occasion. I decided to enjoy quiet time outside, sitting on my front porch, reading, meditating and listening. From the chair beside our door I saw a different view of the garden that runs along the side […]

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