gardening

Test Bed: Bird Back 40I dread the month of May. I really do. I shouldn't. This is my "can't miss" gardening month. I should love it to death. But, instead I dread what the change in seasons brings. Now I know how full-time farmers must feel. I must fig...

via Yesterday I spent the earlier part of the day, after a light Spring shower, puttering in the garden here at Muse Cottage, being eager to share how much it has grown, despite the heat and my brown thumb, I wanted to spruce it up and planned to p...

Anyone who has been visiting this blog for a while may be wondering what happened to the gardening stories. As my photography and writing is either about music, or about gardening, I've decided to revive my other blog--it's Roots and Blooms, over on ht...

via I think I am finally starting to feel as if I am blooming where I am planted. Despite the traffic, and the various walks of life that surround me ; if you have been reading the posts dating back to the first week of January when we...

In heavy concentration to getjust the right photo for you.   Afternoon everyone. I hope you have been enjoying the photos from the Sacramento Historic Cemetery Rose Gardens. Monday I shared part one, where my daughter Chanda took the photos, an...

Come Join me for a stroll in the rose garden....*Docent at Historic Cemetery Rose Garden  Good afternoon! Another beautiful day here in Sacramento, and I can not help recall, as I tended my own garden in the bright morning sunshine, the mornin...

My lovely Oldest daughter Chanda. Here she is being kind enough to hold my purse as well as her own, so I could snap off pics and not have to fuss with my purse)   On Saturday, my oldest daughter Chanda and myself went to the Sacramento Histori...

A week ago today, I was in Wolverhampton, England; part-way through a wonderful, wonderful Marillion weekend, with the best band and the best fans in the world, in the company of my best friend from schooldays, in the country where I was born.  An...

Good thing I no longer care about my manicure!  Happy Friday! I thought with all the craziness that  is going on in Boston right now, down right tragic, saddening... heart breaking really and very scary as well for many, that you may need a ...

Life post-dissertation has been strange and glorious. I'm finishing up revisions, applying for jobs, and reconnecting with my usual Spring pursuits--organizing, gardening, piling up donations for Goodwill. This year, I've also done a fair amount of cel...