Part two: Attack of the halters, lots of work, and beautiful walks. It feels like just last week that I wrote about these two little terrors – time is flying by in clumps of fur, tangles of halters, and mad dashes towards the door. But I see that almost one month has flown by sinceContinue reading “The Adventures of Kate and Charlie”
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A Winter Garden, Part 2
The month of February is a very busy time for me and Bill. Our birthdays are eight days apart and this is the month we met 50 years ago, so we combine those dates to make the entire month celebratory. In addition, we’ve continued weekly walks through the Washington Park Arboretum. In my free time,Continue reading “A Winter Garden, Part 2”
Conifer Time
In a winter garden of dormant life, the conifer is king. Color, shape, texture, form – all contribute to a welcome variety of sights in a season of denuded branches, bare soil, and recurved leaves. Conifers, dwarf or full-size, create important structure in any garden, offer protection for wildlife, and offer beauty that changes withContinue reading “Conifer Time”
Colors of a Storm
Walking through the garden after an early morning rain storm I find dark, water-soaked soil beneath the mulch. The dusted, spent days of summer, hot and dry as a prairie, are long forgiven. A break in cloud cover pierces the garden with pale, white intensity. Subtle colors break through the curtains of gray and competeContinue reading “Colors of a Storm”
While I Was Gardening 