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2009

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, 2010, Places

Chihuly Reimagined at Franklin Park Conservatory

Tagged With: Columbus. Ohio, Franklin Park Conservatory

While not getting to all the events we wanted to this Holiday season, we did manage an after Christmas trip to the Franklin Park Conservatory. I have a number of picture posts to make, but the first thing I wanted to highlight was the medley of art … [Read more...] about Chihuly Reimagined at Franklin Park Conservatory

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, snow, winter

Winter Landscape

After Christmas day rains, we again had snowfall and the ground and trees were trimmed with a confectioners icing of powdered snow. It sifted down and clung to all the branches with little puffs in the crooks and crannies of the shrubs. Since most of … [Read more...] about Winter Landscape

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, snow, winter

Just A Note

It snowed over night, and I woke up to the beauty of a world draped and trimmed in fluffy white. My son remarked how much warmer it felt with the snowfall, but we didn't know why. Turns out Susan Reimer has done some homework on it:Snow actually … [Read more...] about Just A Note

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, Keeping a Garden Journal

Busy December

Every season has its busyness, but holiday preparing and plans always seem to compound it for December. The garden waits quietly for me- I still spend some time on it but it moves far down the task list this month. This season there are different … [Read more...] about Busy December

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, autumn, Garden photos

Mid November Garden Photos

Here are some photos in a plain collage, the only common feature is that they are from my garden and taken after frosts have visited. Now, fun question. Can you guess what the golden leaved shrub is called,(pictured in the top middle and top left … [Read more...] about Mid November Garden Photos

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009

More November Retrospects

This is the Gardener's Year in Review...probably the one thing in which we gardening enthusiasts are a step ahead of the rest of the world: review the year in November.I spoke already of some of the successes and failures of 2009, but I have some … [Read more...] about More November Retrospects

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, November, The Garden Effect : Soul, the REAL world

Season’s End

End of November will mean the final end of my growing season. There have been years I plant and do garden work in December and January, but it is a bit of madness really... and I don't see that in my future at this point. So the end of my garden … [Read more...] about Season’s End

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, About Flowers, Garden blogs, Garden photos

Never enough time…

But we make time for those things we want to. Just sometimes it is response to others applying pressure and all we want is to get that feeling of pressure off! Well, today let's just buck that trend, shall we? Do you need to take a little time to … [Read more...] about Never enough time…

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, autumn, The Garden Effect : Soul

Sad Truths

There are many sad truths in life. We find many of them in the garden, contributing to the melancholy way we feel in fall when our natural tendency is to do a retrospective similar to the way we view the timeline of the year at New Year's. The same … [Read more...] about Sad Truths

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, Vegetable garden

Giant Pumpkins

Yesterday I watched, with a mixture of fascination and horror, the PBS documentary "Lords of the Gourd" about the lengths people will go to in growing the most gigantic pumpkin. It isn't that I couldn't identify, but that is part of the … [Read more...] about Giant Pumpkins

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