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In A Vase On Monday
In a Vase on Monday is hosted by the endlessly creative Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Click here to see her arrangement this week and to find links to those of others.Snowdrops are numerous in my...
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The Northwest Flower and Garden Show - A Preview
Maybe the title should have been a taste of a taste of spring, the theme of this year's show.It's an hour and a half before the floor of the convention center must be cleared for the judges to view the...
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Wednesday Vignette
Wednesday Vignette is hosted each week by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click here to join in the fun.What does one do when a fire is burning out of control?Throw some water on it from above of course!And...
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Northwest Flower and Garden Show; Putting It Together - The Floral Competition
The amount of work that goes into creating the multifaceted Northwest Flower and Garden Show seems overwhelming to a simpleton like myself. How do they do it all? As Stephen Sondheim says, "Bit by...
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That Really Takes The Cake!
Something new at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show this year - Bouquet of Cakes. I'm always pleased if I can get frosting on a cake without the whole thing falling apart or the frosting melting...
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In A Vase on Monday
It's been a whirlwind of a week, visiting the garden show and a nursery in Seattle, teaching kids during the day and a new series of stained glass classes starting some evenings and Saturday. My...
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City People's Garden Store - As If We Never Said Goodbye
I don't know why I'm frightenedI know my way around hereThe cardboard trees, the painted seas, the sound here...Yes, a world to rediscoverBut I'm not in any hurryAnd I need a momentThe whispered...
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Wednesday Vignette
"Dammit Bob, can't you take care of the kids once in a while? Your bar stool won't miss you one bit if you stay home with your children and let me have one evening away! I mean really, fair is...
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Small Details from the Really Big Show
No, it's not the Ed Sullivan Show. (That dates some of us, doesn't it?) Rather these are some interesting details from the Northwest Flower and Garden Show.Insect (book) habitat?Oh, the big beautiful...
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Bark and Garden - I'm Not Going To Buy Anything!
Seems like it's always February when I get to Bark and Garden Nursery and then vow to go more often. This is a huge nursery and it's only about 40 minutes from home. What a delight to see so many...
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In A Vase on Monday
Another busy week and cold blustery weather encouraged me to stay inside after getting home on Sunday instead of going out to gather contents for a vase today. Fortunately, pal Alison encouraged me to...
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Spring Is Determined
Despite snow shower activity today, lows in the thirties predicted to continue all week, temperatures ten to fifteen degrees below normal predicted to continue through the end of the month, spring is...
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Wednesday Vignette - My Heart is All Aflutter
A new scientific study has discovered the cause of atrial fibrillation. You have been warned. Beware of getting butterflies/moths in your bloodstream.Does your heart have wings? If so, you must...
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Oh Baby, It's Cold Outside - Let's Go Visit Vassey Nursery.
The wet and cold continues (February was the wettest on record) and temperatures are 10 - 15 degrees lower than normal. We've had quite a variety of precipitation and wind. Come on sun, do your thing!...
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生け花 (Flower Arrangement)
Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging and each year members of the Seattle chapter of Ikebana International create a display of their work. Tucked away beneath the escalators near the...
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In A Vase On Monday - A Collision
Mid March is a strange time of year in our gardens. It's still technically winter and fall planted annuals like ornamental kale and cabbage are looking tired, pumpkins have rotted into the ground,...
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P.S. I Love You
Come closer and whisper those words I've been longing to hear, Plant Sale. What gardener doesn't long to hear those words after a long cold wet winter or in the midst of it as the case may be. Last...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - March 2017
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day is hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens on the fifteenth of each month as a painless way of keeping a bit of a monthly journal of blooms from year to year and as an...
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Thursday Vignette/Foliage Follow-Up
Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum but yesterday was bloom day so I'm participating a day late. Today is Foliage Follow-Up hosted by Pam at Digging. Ever wanted to grow cacti...
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Winter Walk-Off 2017
Each March, Les at A Tidewater Gardener hosts Winter Walk-Off. Since we've had so much rain recently I kept waiting for a bit of blue sky. On Wednesday, I finally gave up, and decided to walk in a...
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