Some serious weeding and trimming is needed at the home front, but the lush wildness was a welcome contrast to the ultra-urban last week of our holiday. The choisiya blooms spill rampantly into the pond by…
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It’s finally warmed up in Paris, and everyone’s flocking to the gardens. This photo was taken earlier in the week when I could still tolerate tights; since then, the heat coaxed me into baring my…
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More photos of the garden I’m leaving behind, this time of the quiet little corners planted with a variety of stalwarts with diverse attributes. Herbaceous perennials, most of them, whose charms need to be appreciated…
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Perhaps it’s a legacy from all those years raising kids, feeling odd, guilty, whenever separated from them, no matter how welcome the breaks might have been. But getting away from home always feels wrenching to…
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We’ve been busy. . .in the garden . . . hopping . . . and skipping, jumping . . . and leaping . . exploring . . . and pondering . . . and practising…
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