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Easy Gift: Simple Willow Heart Wreath

Blythe — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 03:55:53 +0000

We have a lot of willows right now! So fun for crafting! Here is a quick tutorial on how to make a very easy willow heart wreath. Add as much or as little as you like. A great craft project with kids, too! An easy thing to share and say you care. Not just for Valentine's Day---Any day is a good time to share a little love and kindness! Because what the world needs now, is love, sweet love...

A Quiet Place for Peace

Blythe — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:09:00 +0000

The Willow Room in spring takes on a life of its own. Individually, the reeds are supple. They bend with the forces that shape them. Together, however, they are strong - forever interlocked. Recent events in Boston remind us how together we are stronger, and, too, how each of us needs an inner garden sanctuary in which to find peace and make sense of this world.

The Willow Room Dance

Blythe — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:17:41 +0000

Welcome to my secret garden: the Willow Room. It didn't start out as much - just a few twigs; but it has transformed into something truly magnificent! A place to dance and celebrate autumn!

A Memorial Garden Sanctuary

Blythe — Sat, 28 May 2011 01:23:19 +0000

We planted my mother with the dogs in the pet cemetery. It’s true. She would have wanted it that way, right next to her best friend, little Lambchop. It’s not as bad as it sounds. The cemetery, which we affectionately call “Boot Hill,” sits on a little knoll with a view of the Olympic Mountains, ... Read more