This beautiful warm April weather we are having is making me Hungry for Gardening I have to stop myself from rushing out to plant lettuce and sugar snap peas, because this is Minnesota after all. And the weather could change to cold and blustery still. But I’m holding out hope Read more…
Last week the last ice of the season (I hope) disappeared from the pond. And this week the ducks returned to the pond in force. A group of male mallards have been hanging out in and around the pond. We often call them The Boys on the Beach because they Read more…
In November I bought 3 amaryllis bulbs. Two of them thrived and grew immediately. The third bulb stuttered and hesitated until I finally re-potted it in a larger pot. Although the first two bulbs bloomed in December and early January, the third bulb is finally in full bloom this week. Read more…
On this first day of February I am Hungering for green things growing and beautiful flowers in bloom. Though it is now open by reservation only, I am not going to get my usual winter doses of beauty at the Como Conservatory this year. Perhaps later after I’ve had the Read more…
Happy Saturday friends. I found a post that I wrote almost two years ago but never published. It seemed like today would be a good day to share it (with a few modifications to suit the times). So here it is… Life is like an empty bowl waiting to be Read more…