Articles by Eileen VanBronkhorst

I had the opportunity to make a change recently – actually, several changes.  One thing I learned was that sometimes change can be stressful.  Especially when you HAVE to make a change and you may not be fully ready for it.  This can bring on stress and too much stress can lead to a dis-harmony [...]

Have you noticed the position of the sun lately?  Have you noticed the way the shadows are getting just a little bit longer, the afternoons a little lazier and the evenings are starting to cool off a bit.  Not a lot, just enough to remind us that summer is winding down. This month, the Fall [...]

Ahhh, summer. A time for camping.  In the Northwest, June tends to be a rainy month.  At least our greenness stays till August due to the rains.  And for some reason, people get married more in this month than any other month.  Some very interesting things happen in June. I have many favorite plants, as [...]

The long, hot days of summer are finally here for us North Westerners.  The sun is hot and drying out the once green lawns.  The Cat’s Ears are prolific in the meadows as well as the tall, golden brown grasses that wave in the breeze.  Have you noticed that people are extremely busy this time [...]

Ahhh.  Summer.  The time for relaxing in the heat of the sun.  The time for gathering in the fruits of all the hard work done in the spring.  The vegetables on the vines and in the soil are ready for the eating.  There is nothing like the taste of fresh raspberries picked right of the [...]

This spring has been exceptionally wonderful here in the Pacific Northwest.  The air has been refreshed periodically by the spring rains and gentle breezes.  The sun has shone how its light and warmth can bring forth beautiful bounty.  The plants are coming on strong with much in flower at this time.  And almost all of [...]

The rains are drizzling; the sun is a shiny spot in the gray sky. The air smells fresh and clean again. In the depth of a cold winter, the air here does not have much smell to it, but soon as the buds start to appear on the trees and shrubs and bulbs are poking [...]

There is a legend from the west coast Native peoples that says that in the ancient days there were no salmon. The people had nothing to eat in the winter except roots and leaves. Finally in the spring the salmon came for the first time. As they came up the river, a young woman stood [...]

Season of changing colors… I just came in from gathering the eggs and letting the chickens out to free range for a while in this cool weather.  The spiders are abundant and the chickens are great at clearing out any pests in the garden.  We thought we had 3 hens but Matilda started crowing a [...]