Removed the ceiling plaster first You would think they go together, old people and old houses, but we are finding that occasionally the two are in conflict. Handyman and I have started back on our eternal (it seems) endeavor to renovate this old farmhouse, but our efforts turned against us. We are the old people […]
year in review
The Beauty Of Simplicity
Too often I complicate things. Design, schedules, life, conversations, in all these things I am a complex person who likes detail and intricacy. But therein is my great appreciation of simplicity. Sometimes all that busyness gets tiring, overwhelming, and the sweet refreshment of something simple stands out with such beauty that it makes me pause […]
One Thing I Miss In Blogging
Stream in the park on a sunny day. You know what I miss about the older way of blogging? The blogroll. It used to be my favorite way of discovering garden blogs to read, and keep up with ones I liked. I never cottoned to the RSS readers, somehow. This page once had an active […]
Going To My First Garden Blogger Conference
For Garden Bloggers I always wanted to attend one of those Garden Blogger conferences that have been held in years past, but could never work out all the logistics. Now there is an official sort of conference being held in Atlanta and I decided to go ahead and commit, even though I felt the fee […]
Winter Gets Weaker
Winter can’t possibly hang on, it knows that… and each passing week it gets weaker ( teeny tiny pun there). Yet, until sometime in May we can get frosts. Recently we got walloped with a snowstorm here in Ohio and some of it is still on the ground today. I have taken lots of photos […]
15 Lesser Known, But No Less Great Garden Websites
In the explosion of garden websites and blogs, it seems we usually visit and talk about the same old usual suspects. Some of which I don’t find all that great, for my purposes, anyway; but lately as I have been writing and looking for more information I have found some garden information gems. It inspired […]
