by Jeannie | Apr 13, 2017 | Plants
In keeping with what seems to be musical themes, this week I offer a line from Cole Porter. Nothing breaks me into song faster than Cole Porter music; it’s fun, witty with highly memorable tunes. If you’ve never seen the movie, “DeLovely” with Kevin Kline, take a peak...
by Jeannie | Apr 6, 2017 | Design & Garden Tips
Diana Krall, a jazz musician I like, sings a song of this title. It opens like this: “East of the sun and west of the moon We’ll build a dream house of love, dear Close to the sun in the day Near to the moon at night We’ll live in a lovely way, dear Sharing our love...
by Jeannie | Mar 30, 2017 | Design & Garden Tips
It started about fifteen years ago; I became religious about a 3pm quitting time. I had to do it because once the garden season came on, I was out like a shot to get as much done as possible in one day, working from sun up to sun down. This after spending months...
by Jeannie | Mar 24, 2017 | Flowers
Norton, the new dog next door, has killed four squirrels since he moved in. This, I learned from our new neighbor. The neighborhood squirrel population might be reduced by .00005 percent. In addition to squirrel patrol, Norton tries awfully hard to get Katie’s...
by Jeannie | Mar 16, 2017 | Tis The Season
Et tu, Brute…. This is about betrayal. In the garden. Way back in high school, I had Latin class for three years. I had no idea of course that Latin would serve me so well: learning plant botanical names was way down the road but because of my Latin studies I had a...