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Wednesday Vignette - Spring Stirrings
It's that time of year again when daily work in the garden has given way to occasionally running out to water dried pots after work and trying to keep up with everything else during the few free hours...
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Speaking of Strange Plants...
While I love common and dependable plants I'm also smitten with unusual ones. Do you remember these lyrics? "Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold." It applies well to...
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Revisiting The Brindley Garden
I had the pleasure of visiting the glorious garden of Sam and Karen Brindley garden for the first time in July of last year. (post here.) When pal Loree told Alison and I that she'd be coming up our...
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In a Vase on Monday: Saying Goodbye
On Saturday morning, as I was loading the plant mobile to head to Portland for the Garden Bloggers' Plant Exchange, a nice man from the city was out spray painting parts of our sidewalk. I asked him...
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I Wasn't Going to Bring Anything Home!
On Saturday, I drove to Portland to attend the Garden Bloggers of Oregon Plant Swap. The Oregonians are kind enough to allow me, a Washingtonian, to participate in these events. The swap always takes...
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Wednesday Vignette - Car Shopping
After nearly 20 years and over 300,000 miles, Tom's Honda Accord was costing more to keep running than a car payment. Add to that the lack of A/C and the lake that formed on the floor of the driver's...
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Garden Stalking
My garden pal, Alison, wasn't able to make it to the plant swap in Portland this year but a couple of people brought plants just for her so I happily brought them back. Since they were already in the...
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Friday Leftovers
A roundup of leftover shots that didn't fit into any other post. I loved the pineapple container with tillandsia. Since both tillandsias and pineapples are part of the same family, the inside joke...
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In a Vase on Monday - Pumpkin Spice
Can you believe it's October already? The first leaves are beginning to color up and litter the garden so that every morning looks like the day after a ticker-tape parade in celebration of the summer...
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Dances With Agaves: The Migration Has Begun
The small collection of a few non-hardy plants has grown both in number and size over the years.20112012201320162017Â 2018On Saturday, I had a free day to start moving the succulents inside for the...
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Wednesday Vignette - Grateful
As the days grow shorter, cooler, wetter and busier, I sometimes forget how very fortunate we are to live in this magical climate. Warm enough to grow palm trees yet with autumn evening temperatures...
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Where Are They Now? Winter Digs.
Back in the time known as B.G. (Before Greenhouse) the tender plants were stored in three areas of our house, dormant brugmansias & musas in the basement, other plants in an unfinished room...
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A Sunny Summer Day at Squak Mountain Nursery
While autumn has its charms, I already miss the warmth of summer. The nights are getting cold, the furnace has kicked on for the first time in months, most of the tuberous begonias have been reduced...
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In a Vase on Monday - Forgive me Cathy.
Cathy at Rambling in the garden, the host of In a Vase on Monday, encourages us to find something from our gardens or foraged nearby to bring inside to enjoy. Today I have a confession. Before...
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Willow Tree Gardens and Interiors Celebrates Autumn
On Saturday, we set out on a local nursery and pumpkin patch adventure. Willow Tree is always packed with great plants and interior decor and since it's so close to home, we started the day there....
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Wednesday Vignette - Resignation
As temperatures and rain fall, the sky remaining cloudy and dim for days at a time, we're finally resigned to the idea that summer has, indeed, taken flight to be reborn in the spring of another...
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A Violet Surprise
On Saturday, I decided to stay close to home and not venture out to the many events happening a bit further away. What a surprise to find that at Watson's the Saintpaulia Society, of Tacoma...
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Autumnal Visit to Todd's Nursery
Look at the glorious color on this Coral Bark Maple. Mine turns a glorious gold but nothing like this color as vibrant as the bark.Speaking of bark on Coral Bark Maples, mine has become mostly gray...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day October 2018 and In a Vase on Monday
How can it be the middle of October already and time for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day again?  The garden is definitely slowing down but there are still a few summer stragglers blooming on in my zone 8...
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Wandering at Watson's
I should spend more time enjoying the little garden outside Watson's. It's lovely and always makes me think that it would be wonderful to have a garden that looks like this. However, I soon realize...
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