"At the end of life, our questions are very simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?" -Jack Kornfield

I have a not-so-secret desire to imprint a songbird. I know better than to actually do it, but it doesn't quell the want. Is the underlying reason that I was initially attracted to horticulture actually a quest to control nature?

This little wren flew into my window and knocked herself out. I didn't cage her; She flew away shortly after I took this picture.

When the sun rises, I go to work.
When the sun sets, I take my rest.
I dig the well from which I drink,
I till the soil from which I eat.

Kings can do no more.

-Chinese Proverb

I like fall.

Good riddance to flea beetles, aphids and lace bugs.

Sage Advice:

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson