2015 Sunday Strolls and Memory Café Season Ends
On Sunday, we welcomed our last guests of this growing season to our final Sunday Stroll and Memory Café. One thing we’ve learned since hosting a Memory Café, for the […]
The Morning Report
Morning Report: Cottage Garden Cleared, Planted
The past two days Karl has worked to clear and plant (with white bleeding hearts and columbine) the perimeter edge north and northwest of the cottage. Sitting in the rockers
Morning Report: Fall Anemone
These white anemones, harvested and transplanted from my mother’s garden in Upstate New York, bring back loving memories of her tending her garden edge ’round her home. The winter-red winterberry
Morning Report: Hibiscus Gift
Thanks to our friend Gale Lyman for the perennial hibiscus plant pictured here. Karl and I planted it on Saturday near our accessible home entrance. This plant will reach twelve
Morning Report: Fall Roses
Pleasantly surprised to see this peach rose in full bloom along the wheelchair-accessible!!! rose arbor, I placed my coffee cup on a nearby log, stepped towards the rose and bent
Morning Report: Autumn Awakes at Koi Pond
The koi and goldfish have grown quite a bit this season, thanks in part to Karl, and his hand-made bamboo net protection. The orange, yellow, red, and pink fish colors
Morning Report: Color Bursts!
The Joe Mac MacIntosh tree offered two bright red apples this morning. Several other apples and pears are still ripening; I hope they’ll still be visible and available on the
Morning Report: Backwoods Portal Opened!
Karl and I worked this past weekend to open up a view of the Lily Pond, from the Fairy Garden, just to the right of our kitchen porch. We enjoy