Last week, I spoke of black in the garden. Here’s an example, the dark foliage of sambucus nigra ‘Black Beauty.’ Even were we to have a freak mid-March snowstorm, spring is unstoppable now. Almost every…
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Not so capable of sustained thought and writing today, so what about a collection of bits and pieces I’ve been meaning to get to: 1. A few weekends ago, we rented Gone, Baby, Gone and…
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For the last few days, we’ve been watching fishing boats go past (mothership in front, herring punt attached and following behind), to the south or to the north. Or south and north as in these…
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Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen! to my fabulous, slightly scary, bossy-big-sister, smart-as-a-whip, ultra-competent, very cute and tons-of-fun niece, Rohan! It’s been such fun watching you grow up, sweetie, and I love getting to spend time with…
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The last issue of Gardening Life, a glossy Canadian garden magazine, featured a “black” garden, the counterpart to the famous white garden atSissinghurst. While I’ve no similarly concentrated darkness in my garden, I have been…
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