Just a happy horse on a bench in a greenhouse at the Philadelphia Horticulture Society.
Being thankful reminds me that I have an abundance of goodness at my fingertips, so in the hopes of making it a regular (hopefully weekly) practice, here’s what I’ve been thankful for of late:
Enjoying nature - it’s been a mild winter so far with a few days of Spring springing ahead of schedule, drawing me outside to sketch or write in my nature journal. I was able to visit the Philadelphia Horticulture Center back in February. I’ve been there before for the Cherry Blossom festival, but had never explored the greenhouses…what a peaceful gem with tangles of succulents, rows of lilies, fountains decked in nymphs and ornamental stone, and palms overhead. I was able to sit for awhile and sketch a red-margined dracaena. Then I took myself on a “tree tour” on the grounds and learned that the West Coast isn’t the only place where redwoods grow…there’s a deciduous East Coast relative called the Dawn Redwood, and it’s gorgeous!
My sketch of the red-margined dracaena
The cone, bark, and branch of a Dawn Redwood
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