Author name: marymac

I helped Karl carry this fourth bench into our Cedar Tunnel yesterday. We sat on the new bench and said, “It works!” The new bench offers additional seating in the […]

This subshrub is one of my favorite plants in the garden – when it blooms, it looks like a puffy cloud. Thanks so much to Vern Blodgett who gifted us

Karl and I created the benches you see above from a design we saw at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in the Berkshires. The benches are 10-foot each. We installed them

The light on the cleome this morning is beautiful. The bees enjoy what is left of this seven foot tall bouquet! I’m getting ready to present my “Music Ministry at

Our kitchen garden is the “Fruit and Veggie Garden.” It feels so good to harvest our tomatoes, peppers, basil, kale, and summer squash, cook it up, and can it for

We breathed the cool air this morning; fall is approaching. The sunflowers and asters are blooming now. Morning glory and decorative gourd vines have climbed to the top of the

Karl & I have returned from a few get-away days in New Hampshire. We appreciate even more the home that we have built here in Topsfield. Moving forward with a