Author name: marymac

Karl and I have planted a perennial garden at my parents’ grave site. We selected plants that would naturalize well and have 3-season blooms: sedum, pincushion flower, ice plant, and […]

The story of this climbing hydrangea offers a nice metaphor for those of us working through grief and loss. You see, the juniper tree that supports this plant was burned

This yellow peony plant is a hybrid between an herbaceous peony and a tree peony. One of the benefits of this is that it’s stems are stronger and the blooms

I’m moving slowly along since my father’s death two and a half weeks ago… taking one day at a time, noticing my energy level up and down. Back in Topsfield

Dear Morning Report Readers, My father passed on the day of my last post… May 24 at noon at BIDMC in Boston. Services were held this week in Syracuse NY

Thanks to The Inn at Longwood Medical for the internet access this morning to share this photo taken earlier in the week of our young white wisteria tree. This image

We returned from the DEMENTIACARE 2013 Conference in Central New York State on Friday. As Karl and I walked the garden Saturday morning, it was thrilling to see our first

Sunshine on a cloudy day is what we have here… bright shining at foot level! We love this ground-cover that is now the same color as a yellow tulip next