The scilla grows like a weed here, and it’s unusually prolific this year. The color in real life is actually much more intensely blue than in this photo: And then there’s Charybdis: Yes, I know; a lousy pun. It’s a … Continue reading →
I’ve been seeing these everywhere–bushes that feature branches with startlingly bright red bark, almost as though they’ve been dipped in paint (even brighter than in the photo). I’ve never noticed them before, although I can be fairly certain they’re not … Continue reading →
Light blogging today. It’s Sunday, beautiful weather, and–among other things–I need to do a bunch of work on my mother’s taxes. But I just wanted to point out that, overnight, something seems to have eaten my tulip leaves (“Eats, Shoots … Continue reading →
It’s coming; I can feel it. A week or two ago it suddenly turned quite cold, and the grass, so recently green, is starting to show brown in patches. The autumn colors have become even more autumnal and muted. But … Continue reading →
This spring/summer so far has been unseasonably wet. Although ordinarily we’re not troubled too much by them, the other day while I was doing some gardening one of these lovelies crossed my path: The photo doesn’t really do it justice. … Continue reading →
Recently most of us here have been feeling as though it’s been raining for weeks, even though it actually has only been two days. But it was one of those relentless, driving, icy rains (is that an oxymoron?) that penetrates … Continue reading →