Jan 15, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 15 It was in the mid-forties today, and the snow began disappearing. The ice on the driveway that I’ve so carefully stepped across when walking The Dog is gone…yes! It’s not the end of winter, and there are still white mounds where the...
Jan 14, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 14 I received two plant catalogs this week, one from Heronswood, and one from Plant Delights Nursery. I put the former aside, and immediately opened the latter. Truthfully, I can hardly bear to look at the Heronswood catalog since it is...
Jan 13, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 13 I’ve been tagged! A Yard & A Half Landscaping, over at A Blog & A Half, has tagged me with The Honest Scrap Award. The rules are that if you’ve been tagged, you list 10 honest things about yourself, then tag seven other...
Jan 12, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 12 I’ve been having an email conversation with Lois se Vries, another garden writer who is interested in cultivating a meaningful life, beginning in the garden. I’m pleased to hear about her blog, and wish her well…the more of us that...
Jan 11, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 11 There is a t-shirt (or is it a bumper sticker?) that says, “Life is not a dress rehearsal”, and to this I say Amen! We have just one “wild and precious life”, as I quoted Mary Oliver’s poem in yesterday’s post, so we’d better give it...
Jan 10, 2010 | Garden Prayer, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 10 Today I did two things that I don’t do often enough. I went to church, and took my dog for a walk at a local dog haunt. At the Barnstable Unitarian Sunday services, Kristen Harper gave a thoughtful and moving sermon about the New...