Lady of LaMancha

December is always such a busy time of year with the children's plays, parties, baking to do and the end-of-year happenings for work.  O...

Like many Americans who live abroad, we are usually not able to celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November as Abraham Li...

With the shorter days of December, I never seem to have time to get out in the garden when it's daylight out.  We have had some rain,...

This Monday's pickings are slim: a simple William Shakespeare rose with ivy in a bud vase.  This combination brought to mind the first f...

We planted two large trees last February, a Pyrus calleryana and a Ginkgo Biloba, and this is their first display of autumnal color.  It...

No, the milk bottle is not fall ing.   It is a vintage milk bottle filled with fall color.   Parthenocissus tricuspidata and some sprigs fro...

Once again, I am joining other garden bloggers for Bloom Day at  May Dreams Gardens , where bloggers from all over the world post photos of ...