For years, my father has told me about his “pretty snow” in Colorado Springs, and I, Ms. Northern California Sunshine, say “you can have it.” Imagine my consternation at our forecast for this week—snow! Noooooo. See Dad laugh. While I know we need rain, and I’ll accept it gracefully (well, sort of) what I don’t [...]
We visited Russian River Rose Company, Sunday, during their last open garden of the year. Jan and Mike offered a variety of activities in their beautiful fall gardens that are still full of life and color. I spotted a number of bird and butterfly species, including a rather forlorn-looking hummingbird. It was quite vocal and [...]
We have flowers. Lantana, dianthus, buddleia, hibiscus, salvias, lilies, rose mallow, poppies, alyssum, ceanothus, and more, have given us a bountiful blessing of blossoms since the early months of 2009. There was no long “gap time” in our yard this year when we didn’t have something in bloom. The show becomes even more vibrant as [...]
