nasturtiums! july!
Happy July 1st, everyone!
The weather is finally feeling like summer around here, and it is marvelous. I’ve been super busy these past few weeks with non-gardening endeavors…but I have lofty plans of digging up more grass and making space for….flowers!
The nasturtiums I planted earlier this spring are now abloom in full glory, and really, although I say this of almost every flower, I just adore nasturtiums. They are beautiful flowers, with lovely leaf shape, and best of all, they’re edible! Yup, pick a few and add to salads for an eye-popping, slightly sweet garnish.
In other news, I’ve finished my labor doula training, as well as a training with Backline, a pregnancy options counseling phone line, and I’m knee-deep in developing some great collaborative projects surrounding doula care for birthparents and adoptive families. The website’s coming along…my back-up doula Corinne and I had a really fun photo shoot with a fellow doula training classmate last week, and in a few weeks, we’ll be at the Outer SE Sunday Parkways with Amanda Englund, of Placenta Power!
Pretty soon I’ll have a separate blog for my doula practice, Cascadia Birth Services, but in the meantime, check out our Facebook page, which has links to lots of interesting articles, books, and other fun events happening in Portland.
What beautiful nasturtiums!