Little Surprises

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

Fortnight

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

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

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

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

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

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.…

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

Proof that dahlias do, indeed, grow from seed. They are not the colors I would have chosen, and they are…