This year’s flowers
We got a late start this year on our pots and baskets of herbs and flowers. But the front garden is a riot of colour.
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Lilacs in the mist
lilacs and honeysuckle We’ve had a run of magnificent weather here in Seattle. That’s scheduled to change tomorrow. But here’s a photo…
Read moreThe blush that means spring is coming
Well, something thinks it’s spring here, even if the weather gods are disagreeing rather sullenly. (Sky as low as a zinc pot-lid,…
Read moreEeeevil
Sure, it looks nice. The smell doesn’t suck, either. But tree pollen is eeevil. That’s all.
Read moreBlazing happiness
I have been having a truly marvellous few days. Hild is now safely in the hands of editors on either side of…
Read moreVines do grow
The honeysuckle is blossoming, twining vinously over everything. Sort of like my Hild sentences. The vines, though, will just get bigger and…
Read moreGarden apocalypse
A couple of days ago I updated our garden/fence/privacy situation. I was feeling pleased with myself. Ha! Yesterday morning I was woken…
Read moreHoneysuckle and kadsura
A while ago our neighbours tore down some trees and left us no privacy to the west of the house. So we…
Read moreHerbs, kerbs, perbs, and honeysuckle
It’s a grey day here, a mizzle of drizzle. But the garden is lush. Next time the sun comes out, I’ll take…
Read moreMarvellous and strange
Much deliciousness. Including baking (ginger scones!). And fine weather–seriously, two whole days of over 70 degrees. First time in…well, probably since September…
Read moreA pretty for you
I’m not around much today, so I thought I’d offer you this photo I took of my office window a couple of…
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I had planned a gorgeous series of photos to show you how the garden has suddenly leapt into bloom. And that the…
Read moreBreakage
Yesterday was a day of breakage. We woke up to snow, and a ravaged curly willow. The tree had survived the Great…
Read more2010 in pictures: green and growing things
I got a bit obsessed with plant-based lifeforms this year: the trees in the ravine, the garden, the pot herbs on the…
Read moreNickel Creek and the Kerbs
Not a new band name, sadly. Nope, we’re in the middle of a Pineapple Express. Under the house, the sump pump is…
Read moreLaburnum, Lilac, Laurel, RIP
all gone Our neighbours have just cut down a whole row of trees and shrubs, so many I can’t bear to name…
Read moreGratuitous tree shot
Every autumn I take photos of the sherbet-coloured leaves on the trees outside my office window. Every autumn I end up with…
Read moreFarewell to the colours of summer
A melancholy, rainy day here in Seattle. But briefly this afternoon the clouds thinned to gauze and the garden blazed. I took…
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As promised, a green-and-growing-things update. ( I use the terms ‘green’ and ‘growing’ loosely.) The heat is making differences apparent. The dill…
Read moreWhat are you reading?
It’s a lovely sunny day here. Perfect. Yesterday it rained. All day. Hard. Tomorrow it will be too hot. By the weekend…
Read moreRandom garden fact
The scent of jasmine from Gardenia jasminoides is as strong as Valium (thanks, Cindy). And, although you wouldn’t think Gardenia would grow…
Read morePerb update
My Perbs (personal herbs, growing in pots on my back deck) are now two weeks old. Time for some gratuitous photo updates….
Read morePerbs and Ferbs
As of yesterday, my new project is the growing of herbs. I’ve started planting them in pots on the back deck. So…
Read morethe sky fell on our heads
Well, okay, it was just a tree. That is, part of a tree. And it didn’t hit us, or the house, or…
Read moremisty morning
It’s a misty morning here in Seattle. I woke up late, with that limp, relaxed don’t-have-to-do-a-goddamned-thing-today feeling. I spent a leisurely hour…
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