My Grandmother was an accomplished weaver. Her brother had built her a loom that I remember looking much like this one, a large floor loom. The accompanying post telling of the necessity of storing it reminded me of the fate of my grandmother’s loom. Stored in my uncles barn, it was lost in the fire […]
Garden Stories and Memories
Shared Views
After reading Away to Garden’s post on the viewscapes (viewsheds) of the Hudson Valley, some of the questions about our landscape views… such as “Perhaps you know of some to share, or some you never want to lose?” and “Are there views you treasure (or things you want to hide)? What scenery are you borrowing […]
Spring Blooming
So much is blooming it is hard to keep up making notes on it all. The cherry trees, pear, and peach are all in bloom-probably the apples, too, but I didn’t walk out that far to check. The crabapples are breaking into bud, the ‘Snowdrift’ variety has been blooming for most of this week already. […]
Wives and other assets
Proverbs 18:22He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD. Hey, I am just trying to be helpful…like any good “helpmeet” would:) The back screened door works nicely and I am glad to keep the cats off the back porch… cat hair on the cushions is annoying. It has […]
Springtime Projects
Being the main gardener about these parts, springtime has me focused on garden chores and plans ( for myself!), but it always seems there are many unfinished tasks to remind the Handyman about. He gets distracted. So here is the sample conversation we recently had: ME: Don’t you think 25 years is a fairly long […]
Garden Fairies
As a child I was enamored of the idea of fairies and spent long hours making fairy houses with intricately woven stories from my imagination to go along with them. Carol of May Dreams Gardens awakened me with her flight of fancy into “fairy names” from a fairy name generator. I already have a fairy […]
