Giant Pumpkins! We had gone to a state park, near the house, to do a little leaf peaping – it was underwhelming – perhaps it is still too soon. However, as we headed home, I spotted what appeared to be a patch of giant pumpkins! “Do you want to go back?” Kate...
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Apple Picking We have had one of those perfect Labor Day Weekends, light on labor, and heavy on all the activities, which proclaim a New England autumn is approaching. A visit to a state fair, where we met Governor Chris Christy, and of course ate fried dough, among a few...
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A Corporate Garden How would you like to eat lunch here Monday thru Friday? Recently, I found myself in a large corporate complex, with a few free minutes that turned into a very relaxing walk. Originally, I had spied the sculpture, which looks like a flock of birds taking off or landing, depending on...
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Spanish Moss I have taken countless pictures of Spanish moss, none which seem to capture my wonderment for this plant; nevertheless, here are a few recent shots from Savannah, Georgia, because I cannot keep photographing this silly plant, which I find delightful, though it does little but drape large trees, in the south. I...
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The Ephemeral Lilac It is the fragrance, which announces that the lilacs are in bloom; their sweet perfume draws you toward the delicate flowers from a family of mostly purples and white. I was blessed with neighbors who not only planted lilac bushes, near my driveway, but invited me to...
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A Community Garden Lafayette Greens While in Detroit, I went searching for the famed Coney hotdog, which I found; but infinitely more pleasurable, was the lovely community garden, in the middle of the city, steps away from the hotdog. I love the concept of green spaces, in the city, and...
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Does one day of beauty have value? Recently, while in Florida, my former neighbor’s gardenia bush, only offered me one gardenia, while I was in town. I gladly brought the one bloom home, but a friend was coming over for a bite to eat, and I was in need of fresh flowers,...
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The Garden at The Breakers Hotel Located in Palm Beach, Florida, The Breakers was birthed through Henry Flagler, one of Florida’s most prominent citizens and champion of what the state could become. He had been John D. Rockefellers partner, in the Standard Oil, before coming south, into the sunshine, bringing the railroad and...
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The Garden Is Sleeping Yet another blizzard has struck New England, covering her in a several feet deep, blanket of snow. For all of you who wish you were swishing through the snow, here is a peak at the garden fast asleep. Those are lilac bushes, standing tall! ...
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The Christmas Cactus A few days before Christmas, last month, I went out to check the plants around the pool, and cut a few herbs. I was stunned and delighted, to see tiny pink nubs forming on the ends of my Christmas cactus. I felt like Mrs. Walton, for a tiny moment!...
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