Today we had our first experience of a large ( for Ohio) earthquake. A landmark day you might say. In Chicago there was something equally earthshaking with the Awakening convocation. I loved being there in Chicago and there is a certain exhilaration to the entire area. I visited the Baha’i Temple- a place I often […]
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Notes from Chicago
Garden Meme- ory
Dear Friends…do try your hand at the Garden Haiku, and in the meantime I will attempt to follow Mr.Mcgregor’s Daughter invitation to a meme she proposed in July. For me this is the time for this meme which asks for a recount of this years best and worst annuals.Of course I will tweak it a […]
Old Fashioned Things
Three Revolutionary soldiers are buried in this pioneer burial place, the Beard-Green cemetery, located within Dawes arboretum. On one old grave, whose markings were long defaced by rain and other unkindnesses, grew a lone stand of scilla hispanica. I sat on the ground to photograph it; as in olden custom there were plots that were […]
Gotta Run!
I spent the morning computer time finishing up a garden page- not just updated, but with new pictures and content. Since it is on a garden topic that becomes the post for today… and then I am going to go outside and do real gardening. I have a backlog of tasks to accomplish. Fragrance in […]
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 […]
Past Posts: the Good Stuff
It is not too early to think about your coming bulb choices. Fall planting might seem far away, but the catalogues will arrive and the orders will need to be in before too long, so you might want to think about bulbs for your garden. I am coming across some of these posts as I […]
