Garden Diary 2018

January 15th, 2018 – First snow, snowdrops open 2018…

January 31st, 2018 – Blue moon and plant inspired ink drawings

February 2018 – Spring flowers peaking out… then follows a long and snowless cold period

March 11th, 2018 – At last some snow (and water for the plants). It melts quickly… photos taken 2 days apart

March 19th, 2018 – Another onset of winter… a late cold period for the garden, which is already in spring mode.

March 24th, 2018 – The buffet is finally opened! Today came the first bees; still a bit slow and clumsy from the cold, but so nice to see them back in our garden!

March 30th, 2018 – Ritually cleansing the moving boxes. In a week I will be in Düsseldorf…

April 1st, 2019 – Gathering “Osterwasser” at a well in Dresden and Blessing a sigil disc

April 16th, 2018 – Visit to the Japanese garden at Nordpark, Düsseldorf

April 30th, 2018 – Finished Walpurgisnacht ritual kits and full moon

May 5th, 2018 – Visit to the botanical garden in Düsseldorf. Finding Dracaena draco seeds and Myrica gale!

May 11th/May 23rd, 2018 – A special flower tincture and recreational trip to Eindhoven

June 4th, 2018 – Birthday girl and roses at Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf

June 16th, 2016 – More seed boxes, premiere “Black Flowers” seed boxes

June 22nd, 2018 – Back in Dresden, celebrating the summer solstice and growth, painting my old room and doing lots of gardening

July 11th, 2018 – “Plants and Planets” ritual herb harvest and accompanying photo series

July 14th, 2018 – Down with Mandrake.. bathing time and photo shoot with the lords and ladies!

August 7th, 2018 – Today was another “hottest day of the year”. The dog days of 2018 do not end. I cleanse and bless a dog skull from the flea market…