In the nearly 40 years we’ve lived in Central Vermont—right in town—I’ve transformed the yard from all lawn to no lawn. Much of it is a sort of wild garden—really just…
We visited Montpelier Saturday—in Virginia, the home of James Madison! It’s been too long since the last American history class (1965) and so we had fun brushing up on the…
While I’m happy to be moving toward Spring, even if slowly, I’ll miss seeing the bones of the bare trees that will soon to be covered again in leaves. They…
Imagine if we only had one home planet. This morning Daphne opened to great the day. So much of life is truly this gorgeous every single day!
After my shameless whining yesterday, the sun popped out and the temperature shot up to 65F. I don’t think it was a cause and effect relationship but, WOW, was it…
Two weeks ago it looked like Spring was “right around the corner!” I even raked some leaves off a strawberry bed and worked on some over-wintering salad greens. Then Vermont…
For a few days we’re cheating the last of a long, hard Vermont winter—it is still cold and snowing there! Sounds like we may need our boots and snow shovels…
Still over a foot of snow and single-digit temperatures…so no sign of flowers in the gardens, although I know they are down there somewhere! On the table in the dining…
Seems like we are in for another round of winter. It was 2F this morning and may break 0F tomorrow morning. The sun is up today but cold and windy…
Continuing my exploration of sun, snow and shadows, I had great fun watching the changes on the snow as the clouds moved over and then away from the sun. A…
Still Learning To See 