I OFTEN FEEL LIKE I LIVE IN A CABINET of curiosities; you know, those Renaissance-era rooms full of oddities (a vintage image follows), many of them nature-inspired, that in time evolved into an actual piece of furniture filled with the most fascinating mix of stuff? That’s my life here these days. Curious. [read more…]
my life in a cabinet of curiosities
my july garden chores
JULY STARTS OUT as Throw In the Trowel Month here, but then summer shapes up and the heat-lovers have their day. All is forgiven! Keeping up with watering (in non-Noah’s Ark years) and weeds tops the to-do list, with planting and other more macho tasks (other than mowing my steep hillside) at a minimum. I started on some of these not long ago, but I have miles to go before I sleep. [read more…]









