This year's fashions come in bright, bold colors. This year's foliage is muted around here. Rare is the sight of the brilliant red/...

I just discovered a petunia blooming at the corner of our new garage. When i think of the trees that were felled in April, the excavation,...

My mother told me never to wear red and purple together, but a purple morning glory twining around red salvia is absolutely eye-popping. I q...

We're living in a rain forest this week. Or as they call it in Costa Rica, a cloud forest. Mist and drizzle has been nearly continuous f...

Yesterday i refurbished my front step. I brought all the flowering pots indoors, swept off the stoop and the steps, and began arranging p...

Red Russian kale has reseeded itself in a flowerbed near the vegetable garden. What a surprise to see this vegetable volunteering to grow wh...

We had our first fire in the woodstove a couple of mornings ago, just to take the chill off.  Even though it's not really cold yet, it...