Mostly likely, the largest planting of bulbs that I ever did was at our old house, under a large maple tree. It was the fall of 1999, our first fall in Wisconsin, and I was bursting with our second child. The bulbs were something I could easily do – sitting on the ground and digging…
Whew! I am out of whack today! It’s almost five o’clock in the afternoon and I am just writing my blog post now. Since early afternoon, I’ve been contemplating what is causing my lethargy. Here’s what I came up with so far: Darkness If you live in the northern realm of the Western Hemisphere, you…
For the first time ever this year I planted flowering Kale. I used it both in my home gardens as well as the gardens at school. It is so colorful with the contrasts of green, pink, and purple that I feel it lends a great deal to the garden border. Offering the varying colors on…
Curled up on the couch with a favorite book in hand, covered by a cozy, warm, soft blanket in the drabbest green you ever saw, sleepiness invades my morning. Outside it is gray, the maple leaves still green but now with a musty tone signalling the soon to be revealed colors from under the silvery…
This morning I am having some trouble deciding what to post. As I was scrolling through my social media feed I noticed that a page out of Texas was having trouble with people stealing their content and posting it as their own, without any attribution. Their page is used to educate the public on the…
It is mid-February and typically not a great time of year for me. We have had a lot of sun this year, which makes an appearance of Seasonal Affective Disorder unlikely. I do not mind the cold, but prolonged periods of oppressive clouds and a grayish color to the sky can affect my moods. It…
Over the last couple of weeks, I have felt like I am on a very slippery slope, going down hill at speeds I cannot control and no upward swing at the end of the valley in sight. Do you ever feel like this? Do not get too worried, as you will see most of my…
The rain was pounding on our bedroom windows at 6:30 this morning. I had heard the wind pick up earlier in the night. It is January, an odd time of year for such a storm. We should be getting snow and not rain. The subzero temperatures of earlier this month have receded to a mildness…