There are days when you realized you’ve worked so hard every day for so long, that you just need to step back and do something different. Today was one of those days. I worked in the garden for over three hours, hauling hoses and setting up sprinklers and timing devices. I didn’t manage to finish everything before my body told me to stop but I made a good dent in the project. While immersed in the garden, I was happily surrounded by the full bloom of the native Mountain Laurels in my garden. For years they failed to thrive but then I finally had nozzles installed throughout the garden and between the fertilizer and the irrigation, they’re thriving again. They are better than they’ve been since I bought the property in 1989. I’m so very pleased that I was able to bring them back from the brink. One of the things I love about the structure of the individual flower, is how the stamens arc from the center to push the petals outwards forming little arcs. If you look closely at this Take A Minute Video I put on my YouTube Channel, you can see the fascinating architecture of these tiny flowers.

This is a daily journal of my creative efforts for my solo exhibition at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie, NY, from June 5 – September 15, 2026 and my November exhibition in Chelsea, New York City.