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"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all"

Laura Ingalls Wilder

There they were as I walked along the sidewalk that time and drought had lifted and cracked, the first fireflies of summer. They were scattered throughout the dark woods and at the very moment I saw their iridescent magic. I watched as they blinked and I forgot for a moment all that might have been wrong and remembered instead all that was right.

There should be a place somewhere in our lives that encourages us to reflect and to appreciate the extraordinary gifts of Nature along with the ordinary things that make up our lives. The more time passes, the more I understand how important it is to take notice of all the simple things that are woven into my day. I hope to continue to discover and with this blog, share, those things that are close to the Earth and are there for us always, while we are busy looking somewhere else.

pam shensky

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication".
Leonardo da Vinci

"My greatest skill has been to want but little".

-Henry David Thoreau,
naturalist and author (1817-1862)

This is a picture of one of my vegetable gardens and one of my chicken coops. This garden is mostly used for my fall crops like lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, carrots, potatoes, garlic, onions, and lingering peppers. The large clay pots are filled with herbs and annuals and are near my kitchen. My summer garden is behind the clothesline in a field that gets full sun. That garden is delicious; it begins the season with strawberries and continues its bounty with tomatoes, snap beans, okra, bell peppers, cucumbers, squash, cantaloupe, and zucchini. I love the play of near evening light in this photo. The vertical posts will soon be host to pickets and I will have a much needed fence to keep the bunnies away from my lettuces and the dogs away from my "ladies". My husband and 20 year old twins are building the fence. I am happy to say that the fence will be constructed from old wood that was no longer safe for our deck.

I hope this web site can provide a platform for exchange and sharing. I look forward to "hearing" from you and sharing all the simple things that make your life wonderful. p.s.

"Less is more".
Robert Browning

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Pam Shensky

Welcome to my web site.

I created this site in an effort to write about and bring awareness to things that are simple and close to the earth. I named my little site “sketches of my day”, because, on occasion, I will post little drawings or paintings like the one below and some of them will be for sale (and some will not be).I thought the name suiting. Anyway, I hope you enjoy going through these pages and I hope you connect to what this site is about.

My Darlin' Clementine

Moon flowers open at night so they can be pollinated by moths .

Did you know ladybugs have two sets of wings?I have learned that the top set help to protect them against their enemies (who doesn't love a ladybug?) and the set underneath is used to fly away home.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
Henry David Thoreau

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p.s.

"I'm not really a career person. I'm a gardener, basically"
George Harrison

"The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind"
Carly Simon

"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time"
James Taylor

"Our job
in this lifetime
is not
to shape ourselves
into some ideal
we imagine
we ought
to be,
but to find out
who we already are
and become it."

Steven Pressfield

pamela shensky

wejamnla@yahoo.com

New Iberia, LA
Updated Monday, February 08, 2010 10:05 PM

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