07.11.2025 | Ordinary Friday

Bright sunshine and high humidity to start the day here in the Carondelet Garden.  The sunshine will stick around this morning with a few clouds moving in this afternoon.  The high will be in the mid to upper-9, 0s with winds out of the SSW at 10 to 15 MPH.  We are back to watering by hand again.  

The flowers have been truly impressive this year.  Many are starting to fade but these last Clematis are truly beautiful!  Just what we need right now.  A bit of hope and grace in the midst of turmoil and strife.  

Between old age, a young pupper, aches and pains, and the world condition, I am struggling with getting a good night's sleep.  I feel tired and exhausted even after rest.  It seems the world right now is not conducive to sleep and restoration.  I pray for a break from the madness.  I keep going back to good old Saint Francis:  "God grant me the serenity to change the things I CAN change.  Accept the things I CAN'T change, and the wisdom to know the difference."  Sometimes easier said than done.  

Yet, I still believe.  I still cling to a bit of hope.  I struggle with faith but do not abandon faith.  I hang on to love.  I see it in the garden with the bounty coming in so rich and plentiful.  There is still so much good in the world.  The smile of a stranger.  Someone stops to hold the door when you need it.  Simple.  Ordinary. Grace.  My goal is to smile more.  Laugh more.  A little bundle of joy with her little girl giggles reminds me that real life continues and we must move forward.  Change what we can!  That's all the news from here in the Carondelet Garden.