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Our future estate, in Burns Oregon...
It's been a long running theme, Andrew wanting to escape to the wide-open "nothingness" of Eastern Oregon..."I'll go live in a trailer in Burns"...So when I returned to our hotel room one evening...
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Wednesday Vignette, Cactus Curtain
There's been a new feature added to our front door, one that I'm sure makes people ask "what's up with that?"... a cactus curtain!It probably looks a little silly, but it serves its purpose. Lila's...
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There be nurseries there...
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Burns, Oregon — population 2,788 — has a combo florist and nursery. Of course every small town needs a florist, but with a Safeway just up the street I...
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More from Eastern Oregon
Okay so it's turned into a bit of a theme week, but I really wanted to share all my photos from last week's road trip while I was still feeling strongly about them...As I mentioned in Monday's post our...
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In a Vase on Monday, warming up to Autumn
While I fight its arrival as long as possible, there inevitably comes the time when I have to except that autumn is here. Thankfully I'm a sucker for the vibrant tones of the season and love bringing...
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Getting ready for winter, Part One of Four...
Even though I think I've covered this subject to the point everyone is bored with it, I still get questions — a lot of questions. So, I'm doing a four part series calling out the steps I take to...
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Wednesday Vignette, roots
This tall bit of Pennisetum 'Vertigo' has graced a back garden container since early July. Last week, after mowing the lawn, I pulled it — knowing it's days were numbered (its not hardy here) — wanting...
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Tour 2017, the front garden
Sharing a detailed pictorial tour of my garden has become an annual end-of-summer tradition around here, one that seems to get pushed back further and further each year! Rest assured that even though...
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Tour 2017, the back garden
Yesterday we made it as far as the Agave-gate, now it's time to enter the back garden...The fabulously long-lived Phormium to the right...(it's survived two PKWs in its history)...Stepping further in...
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October 2017 Garden Bloggers Bloomday
For those of you who play by the rules, yesterday, October 15th, was actually Garden Bloggers Bloomday. I'm late...c'est la vie! If you haven't already done so visit May Dreams Gardens for links to all...
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The Brinitzer Garden, a stop on the 2017 Garden Bloggers Fling
The garden of Scott Brinitzer was a stop on the second day of the Capitol Region Fling last June. As we got off the bus we were greeted by Scott, and listened while he shared stories of his garden, and...
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Wednesday Vignette, two pieces of wood...
I saw it as soon as I walked into the kitchen yesterday morning. I knew it was coming — those two pieces of wood that herald a significant change in my surroundings — but it was still a bit of a...
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My 5th visit to the Desert Botanical Garden
It was just over a year ago that I visited the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ, for the 5th time. It's quite sad it took me so long to share these photos, but I kept thinking I'd write some...
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Getting ready for winter, Part Two of Four...
Last Sunday, October 15th, was the day. The day we turned the shade pavilion into a greenhouse, of sorts...Why last Sunday? It was sunny and dry, almost warm, and the extended forecast showed a return...
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In a Vase on Monday, since I can't be out in my garden...
Today's vases went together on Friday, as we were heading into an extremely wet weekend (1.8" on Saturday alone, another .89" on Sunday). There is so much in the garden that's looking amazing right...
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It's a happy day when plants arrive with the mail...
These large boxes arrived on my doorstep back on July 10th, just a couple weeks after Janet Sluis — of the Sunset Western Garden Collection — emailed to ask if I'd be interested in trialing their new...
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Wednesday Vignette, the park
Our 2005 Portland house hunting adventures were full of dead-ends and near misses. For months my trips home from work included drive-bys of potential homes and new listings. I still remember the day I...
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Tammy's Garden — a stop on the 2017 Garden Bloggers Fling
As a former "Fling" planner I speak with experience when I say that both planning a Fling AND opening your own garden to the group during the event is pure madness. Only a crazy person would sign up...
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Favorites at the end of October, giving into autumn
Explaining why she does not care much for autumn my friend Grace once wrote (I'm paraphrasing) "I spend all year trying to make my garden look good, why would I enjoy watching it all falling apart?"...
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In a Vase on Monday; a new week, a few changes
Looks a lot like the intro to last week's "in a vase" post eh? Ya, I pretty much left everything the same and just changed out the flowers and foliage that had gone bad.The tall vase, on the left of...
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