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Forever One: The Giants Litter

May 7, 2017 by Ogee

“Like branches on a tree we grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one. Each of our lives will always be a special part of the other.” ― Anonymous Last year at this time I was one of the “puppy mamas” to a litter of 12 adorable Golden puppies that came to our rescue with their mom, Molly, and Dad, Harley. They were only three weeks old when they arrived; I wrote about it here. We named […]

Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Gardens Golden Retrievers, Golden Retriever Birthday, Golden Retriever Puppies, Golden Retrievers at Play, Homeward Bound Golden Reriever Rescue, Puppy Reunion

When All Is New Again

April 23, 2017 by Ogee

“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” ~William Shakespeare The garden in April is both young and old. New friends appear… Old friends are reborn. The season was never over. It was just waiting for us to find it again. From cold ground covered in earth and leaves, springs forth our long-lost friends looking new and refreshed; ready to write another season – another chapter in our garden’s journey. “Age is opportunity no less, Than youth itself, though […]

Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Bearded Iris, dog rescue, Garden Photography, Gardens Golden Retrievers, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Spring Garden

Wordless Wednesday: Mine

April 19, 2017 by Ogee

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Rescue is Only The Start

April 9, 2017 by Ogee

When we set out to save this Memorial Garden from returning to the earth, we had no idea where the journey would lead. It was a mission of rescue, re-creation, and re-envisioning. Today – it is this. But a garden is a living, breathing thing. It changes over time; plants grow and morph; and once-happy companions need to find new homes. Like our Dahlias – recently relocated – because their once-full-sun setting… has been cloaked in shade. Or this graceful […]

Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Climbing Rose, Dahlias, dog rescue, garden redesign, Gardens Golden Retrievers, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden Sacramento, Labrador Retriever Rescue

Life is Good…Today

March 19, 2017 by Ogee

Sweet Spring. Spirited. Poignant. Boisterous. Fleeting. “And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.” Sweet Lindsey… Humphrey… and Gunner. Spirited. Boisterous. Poignant. and fleeting? We cannot say. “Is the spring coming?” he said. “What is it like?”… “It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine…” ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden May they bloom like little miracles. “Life is good…today.”

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Of Gardens and Rescue Dogs

March 5, 2017 by Ogee

What a garden needs is time, patience, love, nurturing, hope, and room to grow. What a rescue dog needs… time, patience, nurturing, hope, and room to grow. “One of the greatest virtues of gardening is this perpetual renewal of youth and spring, of promise of flower and fruit that can always be read in the open book of the garden, by those with an eye to see, and a mind to understand.” ~ E.A. Bowles The greatest virtues of rescue […]

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In Its Season

December 4, 2016 by Ogee

I have reclaimed my refrigerator. As any West Coast gardener knows – this is not about household tips. It’s about spring bulb planting. Daffodil bulbs can safely go into the ground in November at the Homeward Bound Memorial Garden. Many even return when left to “over-summer.” But tulips, hyacinths, and others require special treatment. In our warm Valley, there is no such thing as cold storage. So the bulbs are lifted in very late spring and stored in the refrigerator […]

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