Author: Catherine

It’s muddy

I like to take pictures of the satiny garlic cloves after they’ve been cured and cleaned (example here). Today I decided to take pictures of an earlier phase. It’s been wet here, but the...

An important day

A Substack newsletter by Alexander Chee* alerted me to this date. It’s the day Lauren Oya Olamina starts her diary in Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler. I pulled the book off my...

Garden days

The squash is on the move. It’s going to outgrow its space and spread out everywhere. It’s becoming impossible to know what’s going on under the cover of the foliage. Maybe flowers? I planted...

Moth and note on comments

I found this beautiful moth on a flower at the community garden. I used Google to identify it as a Virginia ctenucha moth. I love every feature of this insect: her dusky wings, iridescent...

The mysteries of the hydrangea

Last summer Sam alerted me to “something blue” in the border next to the driveway. I investigated and found a little hydrangea bush with a single blossom on it. I’m not a huge fan...

Cooling thoughts

I’m posting these images from my morning walk with cooling wishes for all those threatened by heat and wildfire. The last photo has no visible horizon. I looked at it for a long time....