Dear readers, we’ve missed you. Thank you for your notes and your “Where the phlox are you?!” emails over the last few months. Yes, the blog was mostly quiet this last summer...
My mom is an artist, a grandmother, an insurance agent and a gardener. I've always appreciated my mom for all her talents and enthusiasms, but it has only been over the past six years (since I've taken a more profound interest in plants) that I've...
We’re very much into the whole “buy experiences rather than things” thing. So when Ryan suggested we celebrate my birthday by going to Portland, I said, “Put a bird on it!” and by “bird” I mean me, and by “it” I mean the City of...
Guava season has officially begun! Although none of the egg-shaped green fruits have conked us on the head yet (a sign of good luck anyway), our Acca sellowiana tree has been dropping goodies left and right since late July. In previous years, this level of...
Hey! How was your Thanksgiving? Right now we're writing to you from among the air-sweetening plumerias, fiery crotons, ti and taro of Kauai, Hawaii. Oh yes. Papayas for breakfast, purple Molokai potatoes with coconut for lunch. Wild chickens everywhere. Fifty gigs on Ryan's camera and counting. So...
Out of the horror and mayhem of yesterday's Boston Marathon bombings, there grew so many acts of heroism, generosity and selflessness. No doubt, many more will come to light this week. We offer our hearts, condolences and prayers to the victims and their loved ones....