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Wednesday Vignette; my husband went to Pittsburgh and all I got was this...
Andrew spent the week before last in Pittsburgh, working on the soon to be open new Schoolhouse Electric showroom and store. He did make time for a little fun and visited the Carnegie Museum of Natural...
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The Natural Gardener, a stop on the Austin Fling
Let's go back to the first day of the Austin Garden Bloggers Fling, shall we?The date was May 4th and the weather was wet. I've previously shared rainy photos from the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower...
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Diana's Garden, a stop on the Austin Garden Bloggers Fling
Anyone who has ever opened their garden knows this fear... will the weather cooperate? Will all the work getting the garden perfected be for not? If memory serves Diana's was the stop immediately...
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Bloomday, September 2018
September 15th, only 1 week of summer left! Although truth be told this week has felt anything but summer like. I want my blue skies and heat back! (I know, I'm in the minority in Portland who feel...
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In a Vase on Monday; bells, and seeds, and galvanized metal lust
In my vase on this Monday are multiple — squiggly — steams of Moluccella laevis, aka Bells of Ireland. I've adored these cut flowers since I first laid eyes on them in the mid 90's at a flower shop...
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My "planty" weekend with three Californian's and a Brit...
Last weekend was the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon's Fall PlantFest. The event included a lecture with Kelly and Sue of Far Reaches Farm, followed by a plant sale. Kathy Stoner, of Gardenbook, was in...
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Wednesday Vignette, sun magic
I bought this Aechmea x Billbergia cross during an August visit to Cistus Nursery, it seemed perfect for the chartreuse circle pot. A little evening sun and the combination becomes electric...Weather...
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New plants! (I really didn't intend to buy anything)
To refresh your memory last weekend was rather planty (read all about it here). I knew I'd be exposed to lots of plant purchasing opportunities but didn't figure I'd end up with much. Ya, you all know...
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Tanglewild, a stop on the Garden Bloggers Fling
Back to Austin and our stop at a garden called Tanglewild...we parked and "debused" and several people started eating fruit from this Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica). I was a little horrified. Maybe the...
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Let's go to BBC Steel...
I've lost track of how many times my comrades have shopped BBC Steel. I've been invited each time, but for some reason (many of them involving Lila care) I never had made it, until last...
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I've been gnomed....
We've got a pretty tight group of Garden Bloggers here in the Portland area, we get together to socialize throughout the year, hit nurseries, visit each other's gardens, etc. Last Saturday I hosted a...
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Wednesday Vignette, Equisetum hyemale don't need no stinkin soil
You'd be forgiven if you thought my camera was pointed at the exuberant green roof, at Portland Nursery, but it wasn't.Instead it was this Equisetum hyemale (horsetail) in a saucer, that I was focused...
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The Agaves of South Congress Ave....
I've still got plenty of Austin gardens to write about, but today I thought I'd share photos from our last day in town, when we walked South Congress Ave. They aren't all of Agaves, but most of them...
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Joy Creek Nursery wears Autumn well...
Last Sunday Joy Creek Nursery held a workshop with Judith Jones, owner of Fancy Fronds Fern Nursery in Gold Bar, WA. As Joy Creek Co-owner Maurice Horn introduced Judith his respect and admiration for...
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Garden Tour 2018! The front garden...
All of August I kept hoping for a day with conditions perfect for photography, lightly overcast with bits of blue sky, but not so overcast as to be oppressive. All I got though was harsh sunlight,...
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Garden Tour 2018! The back garden...
Yesterday we stopped at the gate, today we explore the back garden...A volunteer Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia, a hitch-hiker from my previous garden, on a plant which came from my mom)...
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Wednesday Vignette, another gnome...
I knew there had to be at least one more gnome, and there was...cleverly hidden in the front garden, it's unglazed grey finish blending in with the gravel and the Corokia cotoneaster...His planter...
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Seriously? That's it?
As part of my September Bloomday post I included this exciting (to me) shot of my Passiflora lutea vine with buds! Tiny, little, buds I's been waiting three years to see...After a rather exhaustive...
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Argyle Winery on a sunny warm afternoon...
I've been meaning to get to Argyle winery for a few years now. It's only about 30 miles from home, but depending on the day, and the direction I'm traveling, it can take an hour, to over two, to get...
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Fall Phone Photos
I really prefer the term "autumn", but couldn't resist the fun of all those "F/Ph" words lined up.My favorite excuse for not investing in a fancy camera has always been that my point and shoot is so...
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