For years I have refused to “tidy up” my flower gardens in the fall, preferring instead to have a “winter garden” of stems, plumes, seed pods and stalks—all of which…
Friends from around the world, clearly things are changing very rapidly with many unknowns and lots of fears. One thing I know can always be healthy is a walk, especially…
In Vermont we enjoy talking about the weather because there is usually a lot of it and, honestly, sometimes not a great deal else to talk about. Spring has been…
Leaves unfolding: just one more beautiful mystery of Spring. The Hosta plants this week are experts at this biological origami!
My only regret about this post is that I cannot include the heavenly scent these blossoms have. Imagine! Of course we can enjoy the equally beautiful sight they are. Hopefully…
Spring has been long and lovely coming this year and luxuriously slow in its progress. Even I complained once or twice about how cold and rainy it has been, but I’ve…
Tree buds of all kinds: mind-boggling to watch them unfold and impossible to believe all that life formed inside them to begin with.
This cool Spring has slowed down the growth of many plants and kept those that have bloomed flowering longer. The early Tulips are just coming on and are lovely. I…
Jim Harrison, a poet who recently died, says in his poem “Horses” “In truth each day is a universe in which we are tangled in the light of stars.” I’m…
A light frost last night. Perhaps the last of this slow Spring? It seems that everything is almost instantly green or in flower, as if I’ve just woken from sleep.…
