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March 24, 2015
Down to earth — begonias think spring
Originally published March 18, 2015 in East Bay/South Coast Life newspapers. I hope by the time you read this we can see our gardens again. I’m dying to get to work outside. If this were a normal March the hellebores would be blooming and I can see from my window that the witch hazel has […]
March 16, 2015
New shiny
I have been feelingwant-y lately. Plagued by a wolfishdesire for anything new and different from the dusty, familiarstuffI look at and useevery day. Something that will inspire a burst of energy ora sigh of contentment.I have losthoursscrolling throughpretty pictures of other people’s gardens, workspaces, andarton pinterest.I have trolled the internet for real estate, gadgetry, art […]
February 21, 2015
Desperately seeking spring
After what seemed like a slow start winter has gotten stuck ina Ground Hog’s Dayloop of snow and bitter cold. Here, that is. Not everywhere. It might be hard for New Englanders to believe that this winter ranks amongthe warmest on record but elsewhere winter has been weirdly spring-like. A discomfiting circumstance for anyoneliving in […]
February 15, 2015
Down to earth – winter wish list
(Originally published in East Bay/South Coast life on February 7, 2015, right after our first blizzard.) When I spoke before about being underwhelmed by winter, I probably should have knocked wood. Not that I feel powerful enough to conjure a blizzard, and not that I minded. As storms go, this one (are we calling it […]
January 25, 2015
Down to earth — I heart footed ferns
Originally published January 21, 2015 in East Bay/South Coast Life. I read recently that, just as gardeners should learn the lay of the land for at least a year before starting a garden, a new homeowner should move in before repainting. Good advice I would have been much too impatient to heed back when my […]
January 11, 2015
Down to earth — memory lapses
Originally published January 7, 2015 in East Bay/South Coast Life newspapers. I can hardly believe it’s a new year already. It feels like mere days rather than twelve months since I waxed rhapsodic about visiting greenhouses and using candlelight to cozy winter’s dark nights. And I remember bemoaning the lateness of spring as if summer […]
December 8, 2014
Little green rose
If I hadn’t taken upthe slow flowers challenge, and spent a few minutes on Thanksgiving searchingmy garden for a tiny bouquetfor my bathroom windowsill, I might not have really registeredthat one of my roses is still in bloom. Ish. The flowers werea tiny bit melty (worse now — see photo below, right) but even during […]
November 29, 2014
Anatomy of a bouquet — late fall
Because I am stillintending to follow through on Debra Prinzing’sslow flower challenge andhad a Thanksgiving table to decorate (Frida moonlighted as a bar), I asked the florist at our nearestindependent supermarketfor local flowers. She assured me that during the growing season she always buys from sources close to home. Huzzah! But now, presumably ever since […]
November 11, 2014
Slow flowers
I’m giving some serious thought to becoming the kind of person who has fresh flower arrangements in the house. I’ve wanted to be that lady for a long time but have never been much good at keeping flat surfaces free of paper, books, and other randombitsof stuffthat make the addition of a vase full of […]
November 2, 2014
Falling back
The beginning of Standard Time was marked this year in my garden with a biting rain that changed into a sideways fat-flaked snow. For most of the day bitter weather forced me to reston the couch with a dog on my feet, a good book in my lap, and my hands wrapped around a cup […]
