Each season has its delights but, to my mind, there is nothing quite like a late Saturday afternoon in mid-Spring, especially if the weather is that weird ‘Summer in the light/Winter in the shade’. There is a particular, piercing light… Continue Reading
So. Remember I told you we are going to be talking Garden for awhile? Well, yeah. About that. It’s been in the low 40s, with pouring rain and a gale-force wind for the past week. I am going Nowhere Outside.… Continue Reading
Happy Spring, everybody! The weather outside is …weird. 40F one day, 70F the next. Last Friday I scarpered off to Iowa – no, NOT Iowa (we stayed on this side of the Mississippi) – um…Rock Island (home of the Arsenal and… Continue Reading
Sitting here, typing this post, looking out at a Whiteout World. Yesterday I was in the borders, ripping out Creeping Charlie (every little bit counts) tearing out new grass and tying up emerging rose canes. I worked like a rented mule,… Continue Reading
OMG! SHINGLES! So…here’s the thing: you know those vaccine commercials with the middle-aged White guys with the horrible shingles on their faces & backs? Well, I see those all the time! But since I am not a middle-aged White guy I… Continue Reading
I have been trying to write this review for eons and every time I start I get so much anxiety! How do you review a perfume that tries to snatch your very soul, every time you twist the cap on… Continue Reading
In the midst of Winter we are suddenly in this Vernal Vortex, with temps in the 40s and a cold, steady rain. Gardeners in my neck of the woods are freaking out (and not in a good way) because Peony… Continue Reading