Reflections from some of the nuns


September 26, 2015

You Breathe On Us

From time to time we have a visitor to the Abbey Farm garden and often I am asked about how self sufficient the garden is. I guess the bottom line is that the garden falls short of this in a big way.

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June 15, 2015

No one grows by someone else forcing them to grow…

I planted this olive tree in 2000 when I started to transform my bit of paddock into a beautiful, organic garden. Sometimes I feel as if it watches over all the growing. It reminds me to wait patiently and that all things take time to grow.

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August 12, 2013

Let everything that Loves and Breathes…

Well today I open the pages for you to read into what is so much part of my life here at the Abbey. I want to share with you about the life on the “Farm”.

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November 28, 2015

Your Deeds O Lord Have Made Me Glad

This week I bring to you a treat. Yuijn has been happy snapping in the Vegie Patch and so I bring to you some of her photos.

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September 26, 2015

Years Later

The harsh lines of trauma soften in the gentle word. The colours of experience return.

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September 5, 2015

The One Soul

A cold air cuts fresh in my mind. Memories emerge of living solitude watching the reddening skies, breathing cool freshness. I smell the oils of eucalypt and pine. The essence of vibrance seizes my senses.

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