Cynthia Brian
Naturally Naked
“Nature loves to hide.” Heraclitus In the winter, these ladies are wrapped in lush green manteaus that glisten in the rain. When warmer...
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Cynthia Brian
- Jan 10
- 5 min
Eco-Optimism for 2024
“With gratitude, optimism is sustainable.” Michael J. Fox Here we go again. Every year the Garden Media Group scouts global consumer...
Cynthia Brian
- Dec 23, 2023
- 4 min
Nature's Yuletide Jewels
“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” Ralph Waldo Emerson It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Everywhere we go, lights...
Cynthia Brian
- Dec 13, 2023
- 3 min
Rolling the Leaves
“Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day! Every leaf speaks bliss to me, Fluttering from the autumn...
Cynthia Brian
- Dec 6, 2023
- 4 min
Grateful for Nature
“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” Henry Ward Beecher Finally my trees and shrubs have donned their fiery...
Cynthia Brian
- Nov 20, 2023
- 4 min
Fantastic Fall Foliage
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Albert Camus After a dry and hot summer, I look forward to the warm days and...
Cynthia Brian
- Nov 10, 2023
- 4 min
Rock Solid
“River stones remain, while water flows away.” Romanian Proverb Growing up on the farm, our home was surrounded on three sides by hills...
Cynthia Brian
- Oct 11, 2023
- 4 min
Seasonal Reset
“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.” Charles Dickens Monochromatic. My featureless October garden appears...
Cynthia Brian
- Oct 4, 2023
- 4 min
Fall Flying: For the Birds
By Cynthia Brian “This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and animals.” Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass This past year I...
Cynthia Brian
- Aug 17, 2023
- 5 min
Pink Paradise for Barbie
AUG 17, 2023 “My parents told me I’d point to a bed of flowers and say ‘Pink. Pretty’ before I could say any other words!” Joni Mitchell ...
Cynthia Brian
- Aug 6, 2023
- 4 min
Growing with Kids
“I rejoice when I see anyone, and especially children, inquiring about flowers, and wanting gardens of their own, and carefully working...
Cynthia Brian
- Jul 19, 2023
- 4 min
Joys of July Gardening
By Cynthia Brian "Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas." Elizabeth Murray The...
Cynthia Brian
- Jul 13, 2023
- 4 min
Summer Blooms Brighter
By Cynthia Brian “I should like to enjoy this summer flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one for me.” Andre Gide Summer is...
Cynthia Brian
- Jun 25, 2023
- 5 min
Nature Talks
“Stop, look, and listen. Nature is what you may be missing.” Cynthia Brian StarStyle® Empowerment is a reader-supported publication. To...
Cynthia Brian
- Jun 9, 2023
- 4 min
Fields of Dreams
“When the primal forces of nature tell you to do something, the prudent thing is not to quibble over details.” ~ From the movie, Field of...
Cynthia Brian
- Jun 3, 2023
- 5 min
Plant this! Don't plant that!
Share StarStyle® Empowerment “Kings and cabbages go back to compost, but good deeds stay green forever.” ~ Rick De Marinis Have you ever...
Cynthia Brian
- May 23, 2023
- 5 min
Keeping it Small
Share StarStyle® Empowerment “Inch by inch, life is a cinch. By the yard, it’s hard.” Popularized by Robert Schuller Do you ever go to a...
Cynthia Brian
- Mar 31, 2023
- 5 min
Potpourri of Gardening Tasks
“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” ―Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina The first few weeks of April will indeed be days of watching,...
Cynthia Brian
- Mar 3, 2023
- 4 min
March In!
https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1701/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-March-In.html By Cynthia Brian “No...
Cynthia Brian
- Feb 20, 2023
- 4 min
Full House
By Cynthia Brian “Having plants in your house is a natural way to continuously clear yourself!” Doreen Virtue With another four weeks to...
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