Green Shoots Regurgitated

The asparagus is up! Yesterday was the day. Snapped off the first spear and gave it to a hungry one-year-old … More

Little Surprises

Standing on the back porch yesterday I saw a flash of blue from the bed underneath the magnolia and went … More

A fortnight. That is how far ahead we are this year, spring-wise. The camellias are breaking bud, and there are … More

A birthday gift, a blooming hellebore on January 15th. I knew they were supposed to bloom in the depths of … More

Noah went back to school on January 2nd, but I did not. For one blessed day, the University was out … More

It is Christmas Eve, and I spent two hours outside, pulling weeds, shoveling compost, and piling random detritus into yard … More

Last year, just after Thanksgiving, I made a little pergola out of pruned branches. This year I took it down … More

Went for a walk. Twisted my ankle. Fractured my elbow.

We woke up this morning to frost, and tomorrow holds snow. The cosmos survived the frost. They are resilient things. … More

Found this growing under the dish drainer in the sink. Huh. Apparently I’m not much of a housekeeper, but I … More