04.23.2025 | Wednesday in Eastertide

It is sunny out in the Carondelet Garden on this midweek morning in April.  We should see partly cloudy skies throughout the day with highs in the mid-80s.  Winds are coming out of the ESE at 5 to 10 MPH.  A beautiful Spring Day in South Saint Louis.  Time to get to work!

Before working I am admiring the Vinca ground cover in the side garden.  Talk about right plant, right place!  This lovely plant is thriving in the sunshine next to the sidewalk.  We have to stay vigilant as it can outgrow its intended use, but we could not be happier with the result.  Do you have a favorite groundcover?

"Notice how the flowers grow.  They neither labor nor weave, yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was robed like one of these."  -Luke 12:27  

I have been retreating to the Garden these past few days.  I need a break from the world right now.  Too much hate.  Too much anger.  Too much avarice.  Too much.  I need the quiet.  I need the labor.  I need the solitude.  I need to pray.  I need something to be grateful for.  The flowers are beautiful! Thank you!  The lettuce is delicious.  Thank you.  The sunshine is warming my old bones.  Thank you!  

The fact is we become what we think about.  What we seed in our souls grows in us, forms us, becomes what drives us from moment to moment.  I want to be more grateful, more loving.  If I put into prayer, love for my enemies, if I pray to a loving Creator to make me more grateful, then however long it takes it will happen.  Like a drop of rain in the midst of a thunderstorm, I will become part of the heart of love and gratitude.

It's a good day to be a little kinder.  It's a good day to say thank you.  It's a good day to look around at the beauty of Spring and pray out loud:  WOW!  That's all the news from here in the Carondelet Garden.