Busy, Worker Bee

July 23, 2024August 7, 2025Leave a comment

I’ve been so busy taking multiple college courses while working full-time as a paralegal that I not only haven’t posted in several weeks, but my everbloomingroses.com domain name registration lapsed and was snapped up by a mysterious organization – probably to sell it back to me for an exorbitant amount. Subsequently, I’ve launched a new and improved gardening site, Bee-Everblooming, with the domain name http://www.bee-everblooming.com. I suppose like nature, even domain names can be reincarnated or reborn as something new!

As you may or may not know, this site was and still is designed to encourage the gardener’s soul. Although I have not been able to post lately, thankfully, my hard work in obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies may be starting to pay off as I was recently invited to bee 😉 a member of the Lambda Epsilon Chi (LEX), a national honor society for paralegal and legal studies students with a high GPA. I suppose there are advantages to finally finishing your degree in your forties – you not only have life experience to assist you, but you actually care about your grades! Ha! After I graduate next spring (2025), I anticipate sharing many more inspirational gardening tips. Nevertheless, I have been able to somewhat keep up with my ever-growing garden, but I confess the weeds are winning in some beds, and the blackspot, beetles, and borers are a thorn in my flesh. More on all that later! In the meantime, pray for me as I am discerning potential next steps to help me grow professionally, and personally.

10 weeks

January 9, 2017January 2, 2017Leave a comment

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Life Thrives In My Rose Garden Today…

June 6, 2016Leave a comment

Despite the threat of violent storms today, my garden speaks of life.

Fourth of July climbing rose enraptures the bumble bee.

A House Finch delights in a tasty snack.

Angel Face, an award-winning floribunda, boast immense fragrance for such a little rose.

Capturing the past, present, and future of roses.

Sweet Drift are in full bloom!

Sweet Drift

Fighting With The Wind

April 1, 2016March 23, 2019Leave a comment

Yesterday, the strong winds violently shook my solid holly tree, whipped my small garden flag, and swirled my hair all around me as I took out the garbage. Today, a gentle breeze soothes my roses from the warmth of the Spring Sun. And as the bees buzz around searching for new buds and the butterfly flutters, they fight with the wind. Meanwhile, the roses sway in the motion of the wind as if relaxed by it’s movement.

Peace with Fourth of July in background

I wonder why it is we all too often fight with the wind for the wind signifies the Spirit of God. Jesus informs us God is Spirit and where it comes from and where it goes we cannot easily determine. We can only do so by listening to the sound of it (see John 3:3-8). Christ teaches much depth in such analogies, but one could decode the importance of listening for the Voice of His Spirit or His Wind in order to follow Him wherever He blows. Furthermore, we cannot see His Holy Spirit as the Jews could see His flesh, but we can see the effects of Him blowing around us, in us, and through us. Do you fight the sound of His wind as a struggling insect or do you welcome it like a relaxed rose? What does His Wind sound like to you? What does He look like in your garden? Life is too short to fight with the wind.