Summer Garden, Oceanside . . .

 My botanist-horticulturist (artist-writer-naturalist) friendAlisononce called my front garden a Darwinian garden, alluding to my tendency to throw plants into the soil here and see what survived.  While the rest of the garden is shielded by…

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Gardening and Packing and Fretting and . . .

We’re leaving our island on Friday, flying out on Saturday. Before we leave here, I need to finish packing. I need to get a few projects done for work and organize a few others so…

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Word-less Wednesday. . .dans le jardin . . .

Feeling a little low this morning, partly last night’s election results, partly an anticipatory homesickness (I know, isn’t that weird? But I get bouts of it before every extended trip and wish we were just…

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This and That, gardens and blogging friends and reading. . .

I’ve been busy writing another post about my history in French,part of a proposed continuing series that so far is hitting a high of one post a year. . . .I’m hoping to get it…

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Gardens Here and There — Ah, Bordeaux Dreaming!

I’m so very happy that our two youngest are currently having a wonderful time together in the little house in Bordeaux. I sit out in our garden and contentedly imagine them sharing a meal in…

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