Well, the New Year is almost upon us, and so it’s time again that I’d like to look back at the year and see what I did with this blog and website in 2024. I did the same thing last year (which you can see here if you’d like) and, because I am lazy, I think I’ll stick to the same format as last time. Then, anyone who wants to do a side-by-side comparison of the two years (or am…
See Previous | See Next This week in my garden. (We seem to be in an extended fall, which currently means that I spent the weekend before Christmas doing a detailed pruning of my rose-bushes. …bit odd.)
See Previous | See Next This week in my garden. (‘Tis the time of year when you have to look really closely to find the pretties.)
Well, once again it is the time of year when I’d like to post up how my writing progress has gone for the year (and, if you’re curious, you can compare this year’s progress update with last year’s here). Progress updates are a funny thing. They imply a need for quantifiable achievement, and it is definitely true that I do like to tabulate things, probably more than other people would consider healthy (hence, the bottom of this post with my…
See Previous | See Next We have come to the time of year when it really depends what part of the garden you live in. We have also come to the season of the Holidays, which are so busy, and so seem like as good a time as any for me to say that, going forward, I’m switching over from low-key weekly garden posts to very low-key garden posts, i.e., just the pictures. Some weeks I write less than 100…
I walk south through the parking lot at the end of the day, and this week the twilight-silhouetted mountains and the crescent moon have been keeping me company.
See Previous | See Next Well, snow was predicted, and so it has come. It is, of course, working on melting again, but things have been wintery enough this week to keep it sticking around for a little bit at least, not that all of the roses have yet 100% gotten the memo. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years, the season does seem to be mostly one degree of snowiness or another. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years…
This summer I went to see a movie in the theater. This was sort of a big deal for me because, between one thing and another, I hadn’t been to a movie theater in many years. (Also, the last movie I saw in a theater was…ah…disappointing. (IT WILL LIVE FOREVER IN MY MIND IN INFAMY!)) But I saw that Twisters was in theaters, and a) an action movie is usually a safe bet at a theater—the big screen makes action…
See Previous | See Next This week everything has been poised, hovering between sunshine and frost. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years, things do look perhaps a bit sunnier right now than the average, with the last couple years predicting that more snow will be arriving soon. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years admits a little bit more companionable color, but still agrees about chill and snow ahead. …This week my garden is flirting with the sunshine.
See Previous | See Next This week some of the warmth came back for a bit and my garden took the opportunity to sparkle in the sunshine. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years, is a definite mix of bright fall colors and the winter browns plus real snow coming into things. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years makes it look like the bright fall colors are holding out a little longer this year than in some years past—we’ll…