Foggy Autumn Morning In The Country Stretched Canvas Print by ilonagarden A Small Contemplation Life interferes with not just the gardening, but blogging, and hobbies and whole lots of other things . Even though those things are part of life. So, what is really meant when stating that these things interfere with life? Life is […]
Garden Stories and Memories
Chicagoland Visit
Snapshots of Evanston Yards While in Chicago last week, I managed to visit my old neighborhood in Evanston, a suburb on the lake. The neighborhoods are still quiet and beautiful, the beaches alluring, but a few things have changed. The houses used to be almost uniformly painted in shade of light gray with deep gray […]
The Night The Ice Fell
“It was a dark and stormy night”… is how my uncle jokingly started the telling of some family history as we sat in the living room, all fully aware of the storm predictions and awaiting the next sidewalk report from my husband’s periodical trek to get the next load of wood for our stove. The […]
Post Highlights … Time Travel Through 8 Years Of The Journal
I saw A Way to Garden announced her 3rd year blog birthday (in March), and it got me wondering…just how old is my blog, anyway? And I didn’t even know which month I started it. So I looked back. Not a real post, but opened the blog on 09/09/03. Posts get lost on blogs, so […]
The Vase of Flowers
Flowers for the Guestroom… I love cut flowers, but I don’t often create bouquets for the house. It is a gracious habit, however, and one which I think I will pay more attention to this year. The pictures above are of some flowers I originally had for one of my guests right before Thanksgiving, the […]
Gardens I Love
First, I want to thank my readers and those who comment, especially, for their patience. I went out of town again, and there are so many things now starting to crowd the calender! I am willing to bet that this is happening with many of you, my friends. But my out of town trip also […]
