Cornus florida
“The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” ~Chinese proverb
It’s April and flowering trees abound at this time of year in California, and most likely where you live, too. They emerge in concert harmony, showcasing one after another. At this particular moment it [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2010 by Kathryn
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Spring finally arriving I am particularly delighted to celebrate the end of a long wet winter with the blossoming of two of my favorite plants, which share the same large pot. At the lower end of this configuration spills the simple pink clematis, now charmingly entangling itself around the madonna who lives next to the [...]
Posted on April 17th, 2010 by Kathryn
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Now, dear readers, I know what some of you are thinking. Tulips again. I make no apologies, however, for taking myself on a little jaunt after what seems like days and days of pounding rain (and more this morning to greet us upon arising!). As sheets fell yesterday on our Easter Sunday I found myself [...]
Posted on April 5th, 2010 by Kathryn
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One of the unexpected pluses that presented itself during my lovely birthday celebration was the tulip garden blossoming outside the Grace Hudson Museum. I could scarcely coax some of my girlfriends into the Maynard Dixon western art show we’d come to see as they shot the tulips from every angle. Hmmm. Good idea! Today I [...]
Posted on March 19th, 2010 by Kathryn
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Admittedly, my upcoming birthday and the prospect of celebrating same with dear, beloved old friends and family is undoubtedly contributing to my rosy disposition, but the sheer delight of stepping onto the front patio and being greeted each day by a hot pink azalea, a sure harbinger that spring is nearly upon us is adding [...]
Posted on March 12th, 2010 by Kathryn
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In winter the gardener’s eye is scanning the landscape for anything and everything that will fill our enormous desire for the beauty to which we are treated all summer. And thus one is inclined to see what might otherwise have been lost in the splendor of roses and hydrangea, of trumpet vine and forsythia. [...]
Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Kathryn
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It had not escaped my attention that though I have spent many years living in wine country I really had yet to write a single post truly focusing on the vineyards that bless my life and the lives of the communities that surround me. This is probably due to a boorishly boring indifference to wine [...]
Posted on December 12th, 2009 by Kathryn
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Last year I was seduced by the above amaryllis, here slightly stylized, and raptly handed over $40 to enable myself to share my Christmas with this beauty. This year, recalling wistfully the joy of the presence of such beauty, I made up my mind to take the practical road, utilizing the container I’d purchased last [...]
Posted on November 8th, 2009 by Kathryn
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Increasingly over time I have been moving towards trying to become more aware and, if possible, to integrate into my every day experience what culinary resources I naturally find at hand. Toward that end, this year I discovered huckleberries and added them to my scone repertoire. I began to teach myself what plants the Native [...]
Posted on October 25th, 2009 by Kathryn
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Native American Indian picking huckleberries
Merriam Webster Dictionary
Main Entry: 1na·tive
Pronunciation: \ˈnā-tiv\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English natif, from Middle French, from Latin nativus, from natus, past participle of nasci to be born — more at nation
Date: 14th century
1 : inborn, innate
2 : belonging to a particular place by birth
6 a : grown, produced, or originating in a [...]
Posted on October 2nd, 2009 by Kathryn
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