In the Garden

Sue and I have shoveled and dumped so many, many, many yards of compost, loam, and mulch—wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow—all around the place. Plant material has been studied, considered, purchased, grown, thrived, died, and multiplied. Rocks have been moved, beds redesigned, and purposes reconsidered. Moving, dividing, pitching. Compost piles have been moved, reshaped, and enjoyed by chickens (we love our chickens) and who knows what else.

We are both partial to early spring—the joy and thrill of watching those little green heads peeking up again. Loving the randomness of seeds finding new homes and thriving: daffodils, allium, tulips, hellebore...

Chicken coops have been rigged up, moved, painted, upgraded, and secured. Chickens have come and gone but continue to do their lovely chicken thing, anxiously awaiting crunchies in the morning and laying beautiful eggs throughout the day.

We have benches all over the place but rarely sit down. Our pond is probably one of the few places where we actually stop for a cup of tea and relax. It has been a great pleasure watching the pond life develop—the life cycles of frogs, fish, dragonflies, and plants.

The dolls are always patiently keeping watch over things.

We continue to be grateful, dreaming, growing...

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scary babies dolls

 The Scary Babies, a name that developed over the years, have been floating around in our gardens year-round for nearly twenty-five years. They have become a rich, humorous, and ever-changing part of the garden’s history—mirroring the constant transformations we all experience. As we learn to embrace our own aging, the dolls quietly reflect the passage of time, weathered by wind, rain, snow, sun, insects, birds, and the shifting rhythms of the surrounding plants.

Hypertufa * Cement

 Sue and I made some hypertufa (Portland cement, perlite or vermiculite, peat, and water) containers for the garden 20 years ago. One is still in good shape. I jumped back into it in 2018. The outdoor cement studio made it easy to explore making planters and spheres, and large cement leaves. There are many examples sprinkled around the property. I have been inspired by and am grateful for the work of Barb the Maker, who has mad skills in a wide variety of mediums!.

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the work

Step into vibrant collections of work that celebrates variety and meaning—paintings, quilts, cloth dolls, and sketchbooks—with art inspired by the garden, feminism and politics. Each series invites you to explore bold ideas, textures, and stories brought to life through diverse mediums.

Every series is an invitation to look closer and maybe even connect.

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