Lady of LaMancha

I know virtually nothing about birds.  Growing up in New England, our garden was always riddled with robins and an odd blue jay or cardinal,...

Yes, it has been quite a while since my last post.  If you know me, then you know I have been very busy lately.  More on that in another pos...

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...