Gardening Archives - Yoga by Fran Gallo https://frangallo.com/category/gardening/ Yoga by Fran Gallo Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:40:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/frangallo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-making-vector-wip-favi.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Gardening Archives - Yoga by Fran Gallo https://frangallo.com/category/gardening/ 32 32 56610905 Magical Outdoor Dinner Party https://frangallo.com/magical-outdoor-dinner-party/ https://frangallo.com/magical-outdoor-dinner-party/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:07:51 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=20956 Last week, Rick and I had a magical outdoor dining experience at Don and Simone's enchanted garden. I have featured Simone's flowers in many previous blog posts. Her flowers are the heart of spring and summer.  It's been a hot summer here in the Pacific Northwest and the day we went to their house was.... [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/magical-outdoor-dinner-party/feed/ 9 20956 Fran’s Photos of Flowers and Forests https://frangallo.com/frans-photos-of-flowers-and-forests/ Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:21:07 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=20950 On Friday, I went to Anacortes, Washington with friends Don and Simone and their elderly dog, Annie. We first went to visit our friend, Janet, who lives in Anacortes. While there, I got some gorgeous photos of her lush fragrant garden. You will see the photos of her garden below. After a short stay at [...]

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]]> 20950 Flowers, Smiles of the Earth https://frangallo.com/flowers-smiles-of-the-earth/ https://frangallo.com/flowers-smiles-of-the-earth/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2022 20:11:12 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=20637 My mother loved to garden. She had a green thumb and grew a variety of flowers. Among her prized flowers were roses, irises, and peonies. Her love of peonies was surprising, given how much she disliked ants. Remember, she claimed, with great disgust, where there's one ant, there's a legion of ants nearby. Even so, [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/flowers-smiles-of-the-earth/feed/ 3 20637 The Most Beautiful Hands (a re-post) https://frangallo.com/the-most-beautiful-hands-a-re-post/ https://frangallo.com/the-most-beautiful-hands-a-re-post/#comments Tue, 11 May 2021 05:10:02 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=20169 Since the start of the pandemic, I start each yoga class with a dedication. How I love coming up with the dedications! How I learn from the dedications! And how I love the comments my yoga students make (via email, texts, or Facebook) when they are moved by a certain dedication. Today's yoga sessions [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/the-most-beautiful-hands-a-re-post/feed/ 10 20169 Tulips for Toni https://frangallo.com/tulips-for-toni/ https://frangallo.com/tulips-for-toni/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2021 15:28:37 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=20042 I've lived in Seattle since 1991 and yet, before yesterday,  I had never been to see the Tulip Festival in the Skagit Valley. Given how much I love flowers, this is unbelievable on my part! Year after year, I admired photos from friends who had driven one hour north of Seattle to see the fields [...]

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