Okay, so the building I work in is right by a pond, and the result is that there are a lot of Canada geese around, especially this time of year. The result of that is that I am not a fan of geese. They are messy, loud, threatening creatures, who like to walk down the road in front of your car at 1/2 a mile per hour. If I, occasionally, admit to any sort of a soft spot for them,…
See Previous | See Next This week is mostly continued coldness, the way so much of winter often is. My yuccas and my willows, as ever, persist. (There are little birds about, but not enough to get an easy picture.) Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is a confirmation of snowy yuccas, with hints that maybe the earliest bits of spring will be soon. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years keeps with the snowy and yucca themes (clearly…
Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 4 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… She was only the second scout to come home. There are seven others yet to return. …Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory Installment…
For Christmas this year, my daughter requested a wire-and-bead tree, like the ones you can buy in gift shops but, you know, better! I’m no good at defining little projects, and had indeed done similar tree constructions when I was a kid that were definitely at least bigger than the the ones usually on offer. And so I collected supplies, hoping, hoping that the colors I was picking out were the right ones. (I have excellent color taste. And my…
See Previous | See Next The snow has been replenished again. My shady front garden is nearly completely buried and the back almost manages to make the straggly brown stems poking up above the white look elegant. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is a reminder how fickle the snow and the melt are, and also how reliable my tall sedums are for keeping the winter garden interesting. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years gives a hint that…
Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 3 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… Their scouts left home more recently, perhaps only five-hundred years. Their scouts know that their valley is circled now by a vast, sandy desert. Their scouts know…
See Previous | See Next This week the garden has been leaning strongly into soggy and brown, with some days warm enough to feel a bit like spring. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is a reminder that this is still January and more snow will be coming, sooner or later. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years concurs, and repeats this week’s glimpse of all the circular fencing my gardens are made of – my attempt to keep…
content warning: Marshall fire, community disasters, evacuation In my very first blog post, I mentioned that starting this blog was a sort-of resolution I made at the beginning of 2022 after the Marshall fire. This was a big fire that happened in my home town right after Christmas. We had been having a very warm, very dry winter up until that point, and that day it was very windy (very windy for a place where they test wind turbines because…
Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 2 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… They fill the valley rim-to-rim. A carpet of amethyst and ruby. And they wait for their bees. Or they wait for their scouts to come home. …Because…
See Previous | See Next This week the relatively abundant snow is melting, and depending on which way you look you can glimpse or imagine some pretty greenery underneath (Colorado is fundamentally brown). Some of my hellebore are champions at mimicking evergreens, and I thank them for it. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years reinforces the January theme of snow and/or brown – we’re lucky with a bit more moisture this year. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years…