Two flights with a layover in between and I was transported from Indianapolis in the Midwest, where Fall is lowering the temps and changing the leaf color, to Tucson in the Southwest, where it felt …
More precious than gold or rubies
These were delicious! More precious to me than gold or rubies, at least for the moment, are the first raspberries from my garden. I planted these raspberry brambles in the spring of 2011 and didn't …
I may garden by myself…
I may garden by myself, but I am never alone in my garden. When I am working in my vegetable garden, I can feel my Dad standing beside me, admiring the neatness of the raised beds. I'm sure, too, …
Hello Fall of ’12!
Hello Fall of '12! Good bye and good riddance Summer of '12. Wherever you came from, please don't come back. You were a season of stealth. Day by day, hour by hour you robbed …
It’s a garden
It's a garden. It contains living plants that grow, sprawl, climb, spread, and flower. It's full of plants with fragrance, plants that have a special way of reflecting back the early morning sun or …
A garden lightly tended
I am reminded that a garden lightly tended will yield some lovely surprises, like this little field of columbine seedlings on the edge of Plopper's Field. I crawled around and through Plopper's Field …
