Spring exuberance

This week, Bros. Jacob and Daniel were visiting friends in Rochester for four days. They explored possibilities for our grounds stewardship (involving community farming, fruit trees and herbs). They visited several gift economy enterprises, including Fruition Seeds,  Healing Spirits Herb Farm and Reverend Deborah Duguid-May and her wife, Melanie, who are developing a food forest on 20 acres of land located in the Bristol Hills, just north of Naples, New York

Mr. Richard Fitzgerald, M.D. of Charleston, SC was with us this past week doing research in the OHC archives on the relationship between Mepkin Abbey (Moncks Corner, SC) and OHC's Holy Saviour Priory (Tower Hill, Pineville, SC) during the 1970's through 1991 with particular emphasis on the role of Fr. Lincoln Taylor, OHC, the founding Prior.   

Mr. Jeff Costello of Magnolia, NJ, is with us on a one month aspirant visit.

Around us, the saliant event of the last three weeks is the sprouting of leaves on the trees surrounding us and the blossoming of cherry trees, dogwood trees and other flowering shrubs (here's lookin at you forsythias).

Spring blooms everywhere. From top left, clockwise: anemones and violets; magnolia: weeping cherry tree: greening of the trees across the river; ornamental cherry tree; wild red coumbine on rocks near Slabsides Nature Sanctuary; magnolia.

Eastertide joy to all of you.