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Catherine Bussiere: white

Catherine Bussiere: white

In times of hardship beauty (still) appears everyday I must be attentive open my eyes, my ears, my heart A visit, a word said, a memory - moments of grace - as little as they may be must be nourished There is a thin line between sweet and sour fresh and faded In the presence of the ephemeral :  life I am reminded to look now at beauty in all forms create it and share it                 … Read entire article »

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Catherine Bussiere: sushi time

Catherine Bussiere: sushi time

sometimes one just has to learn how to make things because the things one wants isn’t available in the food department there is plenty of that in our cosy little villages and towns you will find delicious fare but because of lack of demand the variety is limited I love all sorts of food sushi roll is one of them it’s pretty, it’s healthy, it’s variation is infinite plus, you feel good when you eat it the secret in anything is the quality of your … Read entire article »

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Catherine Bussiere: Green

Catherine Bussiere: Green

  It’s been raining non stop for days grey sky, puddles drizzle, showers cats and dogs buckets away in the city cozy in the warmth of my sister’s house I look out the window every morning at her backward garden drenched and long for sunshine I need to put flowers in and a few veggies no need to rush I know I know this morning I stepped out protected by the roof of the front entrance I clicked away at the nearby greenery various shapes and shades of green tender, dark, lined, wet it’s all so pretty I … Read entire article »

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Catherine Bussiere: Happy Mother’s Day!

Catherine Bussiere: Happy Mother’s Day!

I was 24 when I had my first son I remember being pregnant at the time and having both this beautiful inner feeling of life forming inside me but also, being young and filled with other dreams, this idea that it was it, I would be a mother for ever and nothing else a strange mix you may think but none the less true I’d wanted to be a photographer and a filmmaker an artist of some kind A mother I … Read entire article »

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Catherine Bussiere: Roots

Catherine Bussiere: Roots

outside first thing this morning early before the heat THE HEAT! it is here today t-shirt, bare feet digging in the garden prepping the earth for the chosen green dandelions are out and this pretty pink flower that I transplanted years ago from a neighbors field what was I thinking? that it was so pretty that it belonged in my garden it sure does now I dig it out as it loves this garden so much catnip, mint, dandelion, that pretty pink flower (I don’t know the name) all grow so well every spring … Read entire article »

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Catherine Bussiere: Sunny Sunday

Catherine Bussiere: Sunny Sunday

it’s a gorgeous morning the one we’ve all been waiting for around here sunny, no clouds, it will be warm this was a pancake morning my husband makes the best I’ll tell you what he does he puts way more eggs then the recipe calls for separate the whites from the yolks beats the whites until light and fluffy than gently adds it to the pancake mixture (egg yolk, flour, milk, melted butter, vanilla – no baking soda or powder) it’s like eating a cloud filled … Read entire article »

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Catherine Bussiere: Grow a Farmer

Catherine Bussiere: Grow a Farmer

  Over the past few years slowly but surely there has been a movement of young men and women that have educated themselves by school, trade or self about the essence of who we are our very core, implanted in us to grow and gather our own food a forgotten art Taken care of by something so big that it has lost sight and so have we of natural beauty and perfection in a need to control and profit our health and our environment has been jeopardized But it is so … Read entire article »

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Catherine Bussiere: April 7th

Catherine Bussiere: April 7th

  it’s sunny, no clouds I go outside with my camera Several birds came back this past week Robins, all over the yard chirping away My cats are like ducklings in water just so excited by all the movement and life outside I go to the greenhouse and see that the mache is doing well Mache is a type of lettuce, tender and surprisingly hardy It’s been there all winter I walk around looking at my yard, the garden, the pond Everything still, slowly waking from … Read entire article »

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