Feeling so much gratitude today. In spite of the pandemic, the political scene, etc., my life is full, and today is a good day. I've already been on one walk, and…
The Chocolate Queen Anne's Lace is rapidly going to seed, mostly lots of small flowers left on the towering plants. It's naturalizing all over the yard. Next year I'll be…
The garden is kind of a mess, with holes where the snapdragons had to come out. They had rust, a fungal disease. They've produced for two years, so I'm not complaining.…
The garden has exploded in my absence of 5 days. Lots of weeding to do, and flowers to pick. Here's the first mandala to be graced by a dahlia. Would…
This is a critical moment – we are on the brink, yet again, of losing our democracy. But unlike being able to vote Trump out, this time there will be…
To dye or not to dye. That wasn't an issue when my hair started to turn gray. As a teenager in London, I'd always been afraid of hair salons, but…
Do you make mandalas? Every so often I hear that people are making their own mandalas. This one is by my 13 year old grandson, foraged on a hike. When you…
Nothing heavy today, simply a garden update. It's going through the first spring transition. The ranunculus are almost done, though it's not quite time to dig them yet. I'm going…
They can't all be "favorite", right? I usually interpret picking a favorite as preferring one thing over all others, though there certainly can be a group of favorites. This one is…
How do you define your community? I took another walk out Bear Valley Trail yesterday, this time in the afternoon. Went with a dear friend. It was stunningly beautiful and very…