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HerbnArts

...This website is dedicated to the two passions in my life, herb gardening and living the herbal life, and to the creation of fine art through photography. After 40 years of photography and over 35 years of herb studies and gardening I can't seem to separate the two, so this is a running commentary on both and how they help to create my happy places. Hopefully I will be able to share the fun from both with everyone who reads this blog site.

HerbnArts: Clancey's Gift...

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- October 23, 2012

HerbnArts: Clancey's Gift...: ...The air was warm and inviting. Colors of gold and orange blazoned everywhere. Loading up all the essential equip...

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Little Green Herbs...

- March 29, 2016

Sage, Thyme, and Holy Basil ....Spring 2016. Easter has come and gone, and still we are riding on the rollercoaster of temperature changes here in Ohio. Everything is greening up and the bold spring bulbs are sporting their glorious blooms in spite of the cold weather. Easter day was wonderfully sunny and warm in the 70 degree range. But as usual, Monday has turned a nasty wet, cold 45 degrees. The color scheme of the day is battleship grey. Enough already! We need some solar coaxing to leap into real spring mode. When I worked for a local bookstore I remember a co-worker telling me that she had just visited a local greenhouse nursery for just the smell of moist earth after a long winter away from the fragrance of growing green things. As soon as I was able, I, too, made the trip to a nursery to enjoy the humidity of a warm greenhouse and the smell of little green plants. Best therapy in the ...

Postcards from the Pumpkin Patch...

- October 15, 2012

Everywhere the glow of the color orange eminates as we progress through October. It is hard to believe that it is half-way through the month. Today is warm, much warmer than it has been for a while. A bit of Indian summer is upon us. This it the time for finishing up those outdoor tasks so necessary before the freezes and the snows settle in for the next several months. Ohio's leaves are beautiful this year. Gratefully they are taking their time to change to vibrancy. Always eager to steal a Zen moment. I enjoyed my mid-morning breakfast in my sacred spot in the side garden. Dining in my orange-colored cacoon gave me the impression of how it must be to live inside a pumpkin. Silly thoughts from an old garden fairy? So much for whimsy... The breezes are strong enough to rustle all my windchimes. Even the tiny windchime I placed...

The Duty

- May 27, 2014

...We always called it "the duty". Every Memorial Day my grandmother and mother took me along with them as they did the spring clean-up of the various family cemetery spots. They called it "dressing the graves". I was the next generation being taught to respectfully care for the family grave markers. Grandma always brought flowers from her garden and packed a basket with clippers, a scrub brush, copper cleaner and a jug of water. I learned by quietly watching what would one day be expected of me Over the years I went faithfully to the cemetery to perform the duty. Though I offered to take my cousins with me, they all declined the invitation. They never knew where any of the family were buried. That willful ignorance never made any sense to me. The duty was never a sad task. I always looked forward to the visit to the cemetery. It had been such a harsh winter i...