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 [...]
Today’s air wafts the softness of the after-rain. The world is washed clean and every parched plant and tree has been replenished with streams of quenching water. While the tomatillo, tomato, and squash plants are a little worse for wear in their shaggy autumn wardrobes, the Swiss chard has taken on a new life. Even [...]
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 [...]
Monday, I wrote a blog post for Healdsburg History’s website; the title of the post is, “Serendipity finds me in Healdsburg.” www.healdsburghistory.blogspot.com Yesterday afternoon, I swirled around in the northwest flowerbed chasing tiny butterflies, camera in hand. Flickering visions of delight, the butterflies—the smallest ones are about the size of my pinky fingernail—were a challenge [...]
