Brenda Coulter's Blog
August 20, 2009
I wonder why Ogden Nash never wrote a poem about Japanese anemones? The words roll trippingly off the tongue and suggest all kinds of delicious rhymes:Japanese anemones.
See them dancing in the breeze.
They're my favorite late-summer flowers. Their strong, graceful stems rise high over lovely mounds of foliage to offer up unscented, nearly translucent flowers featuring adorable green-ball centers surrounded by egg-yolk-yellow ruffs. I mean, just look at this beauty:
I must plant some more of these
J
July 2, 2009
July 1, 2009
We just got back from a quick car trip to Minnesota, where we attended a family reunion with our eldest son. Here's a video that might amuse some of you:
Copyright © 2009 by Brenda Coulter, No rules. Just write.
Copyright © 2009 by Brenda Coulter, No rules. Just write.
June 16, 2009
June 14, 2009
Last fall, my hunk o' burnin' love got tired of being my garden slave and started his own garden in the dappled shade of our woodsy backyard.
It's looking pretty good for a first-year shade garden. Today I dragged the teakwood glider over so we can sit there together and watch his hostas, ferns, astilbe, lily-of-the-valley, and coleus grow into lush waves of color and texture.Speaking of garden seating, the smartest thing we have ever done in our yard and gardens was to scatter plenty of tables,
June 10, 2009
May 26, 2009
Picked up this jazzy red watering can over the weekend. Just looking at it makes me grin.
Yesterday I sat on the bench in my front garden and stared for a good ten minutes at these shocking blue irises with their bright slashes of yellow. We planted just six last autumn because I wasn't sure they'd do well in this spot. Now I can't wait to get more.
If you're viewing this on a large monitor, you'll notice the patio is all weedy. I like the bits of bright green moss, but the weeds have got to go. (
May 24, 2009
May 23, 2009
It's Memorial Day weekend, so I thought I'd remind everyone how to make and enjoy a refreshing glass of lemonade. Here are the basic steps:
1. Be sure to make your lemonade on a hot, sunny afternoon--especially if you have just cut the grass. (Or if someone has just cut the grass at the park nearest your city apartment.)
2. Don't trust others to make your lemonade. Do it yourself. You will want to be in complete control of fine-tuning the sweet and sour balance. It's perfectly fine to start with a
1. Be sure to make your lemonade on a hot, sunny afternoon--especially if you have just cut the grass. (Or if someone has just cut the grass at the park nearest your city apartment.)2. Don't trust others to make your lemonade. Do it yourself. You will want to be in complete control of fine-tuning the sweet and sour balance. It's perfectly fine to start with a
May 19, 2009
If you're an author who's been feeling pressured to do more and better online promotion, maybe this freshly-posted column of mine at Romancing the Blog will afford you some relief: Taming the Internet Promotion Monster.
I'd love it if you'd share your thoughts over there or even right here.
Copyright © 2009 by Brenda Coulter, No rules. Just write.
I'd love it if you'd share your thoughts over there or even right here.
Copyright © 2009 by Brenda Coulter, No rules. Just write.
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