There’s frost on the pumpkin. It’s dark at 5pm and the early morning skies are ablaze in that amazing fall/winter sunrise. I remember last year around this time writing about how I was going to try to find the beauty in winter and in nature at this time of year. Seeing things senesce breaks my […]
Water Everywhere: The Dramatic Scenery of Norway
My husband and I love to travel and to include our daughters in our journeys. Both of our children were on airplanes when they were just babies. My oldest daughter had been to four countries and had four stamps in her passport before she was one-year-old. There is a big world out there to see […]
Garden Lessons: Chapter III – The Final Act in an Ongoing Project
We’re on the third chapter and the saga is complete! Finally, all is planted, with the right plants for the right light, the irrigation is running, the fences are up and the deer are out. I started the first chapter of this story back in March when I discussed some very hard lessons learned. The […]
Garden Club Field Trip: Newport Flower Show
I have been a member of the Montclair Garden Club since 2004. Years ago, I was on a garden tour here in Montclair when a woman came up to me and asked if I was a gardener or if I liked gardens. Of course, I said, “yes” to both and she replied, “You must join […]
Garden Lessons: Chapter II
And so begins Chapter II of the post I wrote in March, entitled “Garden Lessons,” about the struggles encountered on a project with deer, too much shade and the right plant in the wrong place or the wrong plant in the right place. The first order of business was clearing out the back of the […]
