These rose leaves don't know it's winter still. Although I am enjoying them today during our 61 degree weather, I know that they will probably get zapped again by a winter blast. …
Color: Garden Navigator
In the newest Garden Bloggers Design Workshop, Gardening Gone Wild gave us a color challenge. Specifically, what color combinations do we have in the garden and how do we use …
A Garden’s Growth
My friend, Mary Ann, suggested I write more about the origins of my garden. My first thought was "Oh, no, I want it to be perfect and in bloom, and I don't have any good pictures …
Green Thumb Sunday: Fences and Arbors
Yesterday, the gates and fences bordering both my garden and the six and a half acres surrounding it stuck my fancy. The line "'Good fences make good neighbors'" from the poem, …
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Winter Scavenger Hunt
After I left a rather gloomy comment on his blog, my photographer friend, David, whom I met at the Garden Writers Symposium, gave me a challenge. He suggested I go out, armed with …
Winter Garden At Rest
Welcome. Come on into my winter garden all dressed in white. Another inch of snow fell last night. I heard it pelting against the skylights in our bedroom around midnight. …
Grace Hearts My Blog!
I received this award from Grace at Rose Cottage Lane. Thanks so much, Grace. The way this award works is that I must now nominate three blogs which are favorites of mine. Gee, …
Snow Angel
More snow today. This angel stands in my front flower bed. She keeps watch over the kale and pansies I planted last fall, which reminds me that I still need to plant the spring …
Two Views of the Storm
As many of you probably know, a devastating ice storm hit Oklahoma last Sunday. We lost our internet the first day which is why I haven't been posting. Thank you for all of your …
Green Thumb Sunday–Color Me Thankful
My friend, Debbie B., asked me a question on Friday, and I've thought about it ever since. She and her son wondered why fall colors echo the colors of Thanksgiving. Why does this …
Summer’s Last Bouquet
I have a painting by Sandi Gore Evans titled "Last Rose of Summer." A Mason jar holds two yellow roses just turning to brown. Parchment petals litter the countertop. A lace …
Why a Blog?
Good question. It's one my friends have asked, along with others like whether I'll have anything to write. I hope so. Tucking infant plants into much-amended sandy soil and caring …