Wednesday's Child

First I bought it in a low growing shrub.  Then the heather which is this green in summer and bright orange red in autumn.  Now I have th...

The summer heat and moisture has arrived.  I walked out to the front porch to water my purslane hanging basket and the moist heat hit me ...

I'd have to have a closet removed to get this 'look" in my house but I like it.  I wouldn't like the coats hanging there...

It's like "eye candy" when done just right.  Shows off the house, the windows etc.  I try my best to send customers off wit...

And these, are roses!!!   What a dummy I am.  But I have little time right now to go find the peonies, which are the same pink. It'...

G built these square wooden planters years ago and last summer added the wood "bandaids" to hold the boxes together.  We leave ...

This is the "heather garden" I began last Spring.  The heather turns yellow green in summer and then red orange in the fall.  A...

Maine Street.  The old paper mill is at the back by the river.  Twilight.  My little Town has  a small (20K) population and an enormous p...

Wouldn't it be great to sit here?  On the beach. We had chairs like this once.  Very difficult to get in and out of them.  And I ha...

My friends in Florida have one, but right out in the open for all to see. They use it to wash off beach sand so it's not tracked into...

My actual bed is black but it's a four poster from Ethan Allen.  I have always like the "cannonball" style beds and this fa...

I saw this on the Style Files this week and WANT one.  All loose and breezy on steamy, buggy days. Yesterday I was asked if I was dresse...

My doctor's appointment is later today.  Yesterday was pain free.  Up and down the stairs to the office and everything.  As usual.  I...

Yesterday a new home owner came to the Perennial Yard looking for "colorful flowers".  I have learned from experience to stop, ...

I found this quote on the GOOP blog and it is oddly comforting while actually disturbing.  I sometimes think things aren't really REAL. ...

Yesterday was a pretty okay day.  Some clouds.  Not really warm.  But good enough to invite people over and grill a bunch of vegetables (...

Each season I venture into the neighborhood Lowe's in search of these zinnias.  I saved seed from the ones I bought three or four yea...

G has been doing most of the "heavy" lifting around here, in the garden.  I did manage to get the beds properly put to bed in O...

On Sunday, I helped a number of elderly customers select plants for grave side remembrances for family members.  Each was visibly upset when...

Taking a table and reusing it for the bathroom--well, that's what the carpenter and I have been talking about.  Using what's here...