Looking Back at the Week, Coming Up Roses. . .

Back home, Paris week and Seattle getaway behind me, my Retirement Dinner a happy memory, an Important Dinner and a Convocation this coming week, and then I think I’ll begin clearing out my office. The…

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Gardening, Reading, Remembering Paris. . .

My garden is glorious, if I do say so myself, and what an absolutely splendid time to return from a week in Paris! Yes, I’m up and outside by 5 a.m., watching the sun come…

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Transitions…Back to My Garden, Soon.l.

Wending our way back to the island today, by car and then ferry and then our trusty commuter boat, and finally loading my luggage and our groceries onto our bikes for the last kilometre. A…

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Monday, with Pink!

 Monday morning — are you ready for some pink? ’cause, boy, do I have some pink for you. . .  Pink bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa, native to the Pacific Northwest, so very easy-care in my…

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Wildflowers on Wednesday

The other day, I commented to Elizabeth at Welsh Hills Again that I loved her wonderful groupings, in her expansive garden, of naturalized daffodils, but that this appreciation was in contrast to my growing fatigue…

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