I’m fixing to go blueberry picking with my daughter next week, and there are two reasons. The first is that the lovely little fruits are in season, and since we buy them twice a week in season or out, we’re craving freshies. The second is that I don’t grow fruit. I find fruit intimidating. My…
Archives for April 2014
Dreams Do Come True
Work, work, work. You toil, you apply yourself day after day and increasingly you dream about a holiday from your routine. Your mind’s eye focuses constantly on visions of someplace other than work. A country drive down some faraway country road. Wondering what magnificence will be around the next bend on the road less traveled….
Your Garden: An Oasis for Friendly Creatures
If you’ve ever lived anywhere near a lake, a pond, or a stream, you will know what I’m describing now: it is the sound of spring at dusk. This sound is not the cacophony of many tiny birds courting each other as the sun rises; it is the almost deafening din of frogs seeking their…
And Now…To Our Mothers
Anna Jarvis is credited with originating Mothers Day in 1907. Her mother died on May 9, 1905, and missing her greatly, Anna started a letter writing campaign to ask ministers, businessmen and congressmen to make Mothers Day a holiday to recognize all mothers. With each letter, she would send a white carnation. In May of…
Rick Button: Puzzle Master
Rick Button is a thoughtful man; a thoughtful landscape architect. It’s almost possible to see the wheels turning inside that head. He carefully considers color, elevations, planting palette and planters for each project. The Bennett residence presented a number of challenges for Rick’s grand intelligence. The two story residence features interior shifts in elevation and…
Just Eat It: Pizza Oven-Roasted Tomatoes
On most Sunday afternoons (though not so much in December and January) you would have a fairly good chance of finding us on our shaded back patio spending time with our trusty pizza oven. We will be stoking the fire with oak wine barrel staves, putting in or taking out one blistered pizza after another…