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 : NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE April Showers Bring... - April 20, 2005 amanobooks.com april newsletter
Hi there fellow journalers! April showers bring May flowers. What is growing in your garden? Flowers, vegetables, weeds? And if you don't have a garden, what would you want to grow? Bridgette Guerzon Mills
Garden Journals I am fortunate to have inherited a beautiful flower garden from the previous owner of my house. Every spring I am delighted by what comes up. And believe me, it's always a surprise. Every year I think, I should start a journal dedicated to recording what grows in my garden and when. But how to do this? Everyone's needs for a garden journal is different. But here are a few ideas. :: Put the month's calendar on a page and plan out the planting, fertilizing, and weeding schedules :: Glue in graph paper and plot out your future garden with colored pencils :: Jot down the weeks when things pop up and bloom :: Take photos with your camera and glue into your journal. A visual garden tour in a book! :: Glue down pictures of flowers from magazines and catalogues of dream flowers and vegetables that you may want to have one day :: If you are a drawer or painter, use your plants as models in your journal. It will be such a personal record of your garden :: Glue in an envelope on one of your pages and stick seeds inside! Or place a dried and pressed flower petal in a glassine envelope and attach that envelope to the page :: Write! Write down your observations of the plants growing. The wildlife that visits-bugs, butterflies, hummingbirds. Write about the colors, the fragrances, the life in your garden :: Write down the recipes used with the vegetables or herbs that you grew :: And, of course, write down the mistakes and the plants that you don't want to grow again
Journaling allows us to pause and slow down. I feel that working the earth and gardening is the same way. When we garden we have to pay attention to the seasons because the sun and the clouds dictate our actions. The health of one single leaf is so important. Gardening and journaling requires us to be observers of life and the world. Keeping a garden journal is a nice way of integrating both the external and internal processes. But most of all, have fun! "Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature— the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter." ~Rachel Carson "I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden." ~John Erskine
Raffle for a good cause Please read and consider this. Raffle for Dante Salvatierra I have gotten to know Sara Hopp of Manto Fev through her livejournal and I have also had the pleasure of doing business with her. Her husband just had a brain tumor removed and they are raising money to pay for the outrageous medical bills with an art raffle. The raffle consists of original art work, art supplies, yarn, and much more. I donated one of my mixed media blank journals for the cause because Sara and Dante are such wonderful people and I just wanted to help them out in their time of need. This journal normally sells for $64 on amanobooks, but it's going for the price of a $4 raffle ticket!!!!!!! What a bargain! The journal that I donated looks similar to this one. It measures 5x7 inches, coptic bound, 96 white pages (192 pages both sides) 70#. The words read: What lies within are matters that have not been spoken of -so delicate that they cannot be touched Acrylic, pencil, pen, miscellaneous collaged paper and a photo of a window. Raffle tickets are only $4 My personal thanks to all who donate. « Back to the Newsletter Archive main page |
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