(Warning, this post contains a lot of exclamation points.) Okay. It is time to tell you about another piece of art that I really love. Ta Da! This wonderful book (Trees A Visual Guide by Tony Rodd and Jennifer Stackhouse) is an example of a niche art-form I will call Coffee Table Reference Books. One might be tempted to label it as simply a Coffee Table book considering that it has such beautiful, glossy photos and such beautiful commitment to…
See Previous | See Next I haven’t been a great roses caretaker this year, and yet my Ebb Tide has been rewarding me, none-the-less, with some very lovely late-summer rebloom blossoms. Also, my most reliable hosta is blooming and is making that part of the garden smell so nice. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows a couple of reblooms from years past, as well as pretty sunflowers that have absented themselves for this particular year. (I might get…
So, I was driving to the grocery store, was almost there, and there was a cucumber in the middle of the road. …And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.
See Previous | See Next This week we finally got a little moisture and coolness, and also my middle garden surprised me with a really pretty selection of pink and purple flowers that hadn’t quite happened before. It would have been even pinky-purpley-er if the liatris in that bed were caught up with the program, but even still it was a really pretty August surprise. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years agrees that it’s purple-flowers time (my ebb-tide rose…
Well, last week was the Final Installment of SSCS 02: How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters. I hope you found it an interesting ride! The next SSCS will start up next January. Although, as usual, SSCS 03 was written using the same approach as the first two SSCS’s, I feel like it came out feeling more intentional than either of those first two, and I’m looking forward to being able to share it with you. Although I won’t…
Last year, after I had finished posting all of the installments for my first SSCS (Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory),I put up a post talking about different aspects of the story and/or the writing process, in the same vein as the pieces authors sometimes do when, for example, they’re doing a blog tour to promote their new book. Now that all of the installments have been posted for my most recent SSCS, How to Catch…
See Previous | See Next It’s been really hot this week, but the light sure has been cooperating to bathe everything in late summery prettiness. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years for once doesn’t seem to have a lot of consensus about what the garden might be up to (except that my liatris are definitely late this year). Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years shows off the season of lilies, from tiger lilies last month, to plantain lilies…
Guess what amazing and rare thing I did today? I properly indexed and labeled the lab book I finished with a few days ago. This is a task I haven’t managed in over 2 years (and I’ve finished with 8 lab books in that time period). Feeling hopeful there really is a Light at the end of the Burnout.
How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters This is Installment 32 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… When she was finally able to make her body stop shaking and shuddering, Mina found that, in the meantime, gran-Tom had called up a quiet song to fill the emptiness. It…
See Previous | See Next Well, my hens-and-chicks are flowering in their crazy, alien-flower sort of way. And also the rest of my garden seems like it’s coming back to its pretty, green self. (There was a crazy deluge last week I might have to thank for that.) Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years emphasizes that this is summertime, and there are lots of different pretty flowers that might show up in the summertime. Looking back 2-4 weeks and…