Blueberry season
We are picking some blueberries every day. And there are always more out there. An abundance of blue. I’m encountering so many orb weavers. I remember seeing one or two large ones every summer,...
Category: plants
A quiet morning
Family visited. There were three very busy days and evenings, with lots of socializing. Now I’m ready for some quiet time. The soft fog and overcast sky are collaborating with me in slowing everything...
“patience, which brings peace to one’s fingers”
I’ve finished attaching seven houses to their backing, five to go. Although I may decide to go back and stitch on these “finished” ones here and there. I am finding this project more and...
In the fruit yard
I stopped in the fruit yard. Not to do any thing in particular, just to say hello. Raspberries, blackberries, some struggling strawberries and lots of grapes. And potatoes because there’s room for them there....
Seedlings
I’ve started planting seeds and seedlings. One of my favorite things is to see seeds sprout, to watch that baby plant establish itself, and to take care of it and see it grow. Here’s...
Home
Here I am, drinking coffee in the garden of my step-son-in-law, Stonington, Connecticut. This was last Saturday, the morning after our return from France. Travel does not mean what it used to mean to...