Garden Reverie

Tag Archive: nature

15 Mar

Signs of Life

As Emma and I came home this morning from our walk, she put her terrier nose to the ground on the trail of exciting new scents and I looked skywards.…
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18 Jan

I Actually Like Winter

Lots of people complain about the winter.  I suppose that I used to be one of them (though if I lived in Minnesota or Maine, I might still be).  But…
January 18, 2014 at 12:13 PM 3 Comments
08 Nov

Pumpkins

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17 Oct

I Played A Little Hooky Today

And I just couldn’t help it. Yesterday I finished a large and important commission that I had been working on for weeks.  I was really happy with the results and…
October 17, 2013 at 7:53 PM 7 Comments
10 Sep

I Don’t Want To Get Ahead of Myself

Everybody’s talking about Fall being here.  For me, time seems to be passing so quickly that I don’t feel like rushing into anything.  Let’s sit quietly for a spell on…
September 10, 2013 at 11:46 AM 3 Comments
01 Sep

September Is Here

I don’t need a calendar to tell me September is here.The beautiful autumn clematis, (c. paniculata) is beginning its happy, rampant, and fragrant reign over the fence and anything else…
September 1, 2013 at 7:59 PM 2 Comments
22 Aug

What Do You Get When You Cross a Pumpkin and a Gourd?

Apparently,  you get something like this. I picked this yesterday out in the veggie garden.  Isn’t it wild? I decided to call them “Gumpkins” because I think they look more…
August 22, 2013 at 7:45 PM 6 Comments
18 Aug

The Blessing of the Rain

Today was cool, in the mid-sixties, and we have had a steady but gentle rain all day long.  The perfect kind of rain; rain that soaks in and breathes life…
August 18, 2013 at 7:22 PM Leave a comment
On Squirrel Guard Duty
12 Aug

Late Night Bloodlust…But All Is Good (I Think)

I ask you, is this the face of a killer? Under normal circumstances I certainly would not say so. Emma P. is a gentle, sweet soul. But sometimes genetics win…
August 12, 2013 at 8:29 PM 2 Comments
09 Aug

A Hidden Treasure

 Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly…
August 9, 2013 at 8:27 PM 2 Comments
26 Jun

Sometimes Gardening Is Kind Of Gross

Today was hot as blazes here in Richmond but never mind that, today was also Wednesday which means it is Garden Day.  Edward the Strong-and-Without-Whom-I-Would-Not-Have-a-Garden comes bright and early for…
June 26, 2013 at 8:48 PM Leave a comment
03 May

A Tale of Woe in the Vegetable Garden

Yesterday I went out to the veggie garden to see how things are sprouting.  And I met with tragedy in the beet bed. A few days before, there were lots…
May 3, 2013 at 8:35 PM Leave a comment
24 Mar

The Winter That Would Just Not Let Go

I am beginning to think we have fallen under the spell of the White Witch.  Anybody seen a lamppost in the woods lately? Here is the scene at the garden…
March 24, 2013 at 8:18 PM 2 Comments
19 Mar

Cowslips

“Yet soon fair Spring shall give another scene. And yellow cowslips gild the level green.” – Anne E. Bleecker,  “Return to Tomhanick” Yes, please!  Enough of winter already.  I have spied…
March 19, 2013 at 8:36 PM Leave a comment
12 Mar

Rainy Tuesday

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” – Dolly Parton
March 12, 2013 at 11:04 AM Leave a comment
09 Mar

Queen of the March Garden

Ah, March.  The big tease.  We got a dumping of wet, heavy, mushy snow this past Wednesday here in Richmond.   All that remains is a memory and a few…
March 9, 2013 at 12:40 PM Leave a comment
24 Feb

Today is February 24th. So what?

Two months from today – on Wednesday, April 24th – the garden will be open for Historic Garden Week in Virginia. This is a big deal.  Billed as “America’s Largest…
February 24, 2013 at 8:33 PM Leave a comment
20 Feb

A Wintertime Musing

For everybody who is whining about the cold, here is some food for thought: “Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.”  ~Pietro Aretino ‘Nuff said.
February 20, 2013 at 12:39 PM 2 Comments
14 Feb

Roses are Red….No, Thank You.

Today is Valentine’s Day.  But please don’t give me red roses. I don’t know why exactly but red flowers are not my favorites. In fact, you would be hard-pressed to…
February 14, 2013 at 6:57 PM 4 Comments
08 Feb

Snow!

“Winter is nature’s way of saying, ‘Up yours.’” ~Robert Byrne
February 8, 2013 at 6:48 PM Leave a comment