Jul 17, 2010 | Report From PIA
Report From PIA – July 17 We went out to dinner tonight and as I was walking into the restaurant, my attention was snagged by the soft appearance of the lawn. Or was this a ground cover? It almost looked like miniature Nassella, aka Stipa grass. Bending down to...
Jul 16, 2010 | growing the spirit, Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – July 16 As I walked around the gardens with the camera today, my attention was caught by smaller interactions. I noticed how the variegated foliage of a variegated Persicaria echoes the blue and white of the Forever-and-Ever Peppermint...
Jul 15, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – July 15 We often forget to walk around our lives with the expressed purpose of communicating love and gratitude. Daily life is busy, after all, and this landscape or these people must surely know that I love it/them, right? If we turn that back...
Jul 14, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – July 14 It might seem silly to all of you, but today I felt a streak of pure, soul-robbing envy as I went online to look at the radar images of the weather. The storms that have moved up the east coast for the past 24 hours have, by in large,...
Jul 13, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – July 13 Today I was gathering new images for a talk I’m doing for the Orenda Wildlife Land Trust on July 20th. The title of this talk is Gardening For Birds, Bees and Butterflies. Walking around the garden with this presentation in mind, I...
Jul 12, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – July 12 I got an email today from someone who was hoping that I might be able to help save her mimosa trees that were dying one after another. Albizia julibrissin, also called silk tree, has fern-like foliage and whimsical, pink tassel blooms....
