It’s not been too long ago that I mentioned my mystery plant, and I was so happy when Vanillalotus figured out for me what it was.  I had been wondering for years.  I had come close to identifying it, but not quite. 

The plant is Cassia obtusifolia and this picture is to show you how tall […]

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In the garden today…

as is the case nearly every day, I found evidence of life…

and death.

Did you know that the “expected” life span of a butterfly is about 2 to 14 days?  Oh, there are some species that can live for months, but the expected life span is very, very short.
What would you do with two […]

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My flower garden is surely small, but one of the things I love about it is that I can walk outside almost any time of any day and find some creature that amazes me. 

I usually have one of these writing spiders (Argiope) every year, but the excitement over spotting one for the first time each […]

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Garden sight-seeing on lunch break from my medical transcription job.  Yes, the day is half over!  Doesn’t it go by fast?  See?  I can do this.  Yes, I can.

Isn’t he cute?  Sort of? Just a little bit? He’s sitting on some tansy that looks so ragged each year, it’ll be gone or moved next year.  […]

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It seems we’ll have a cooler day today.  Only in the 80s.

The heat wave is letting up a bit.  I would love to be in the garden today. 
I hope you’re having pretty weather today.  Think of me today.  You know where I’ll be.  All day.

But you know where I’ll be on my breaks, too.  […]

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It may appear (sometimes) as though I live on a lot of land, but it’s not so.  I live on only one-third of an acre.  Not much by many standards, but it is where I’ve been placed and it’s where I’ll be happy. 

When my husband and I first moved into this house, I cannot say I was […]

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There’s a calm in my heart today.  I’m not going anywhere, intent (and content) on staying home and just being.  I am harvesting sage today.  

The sage stands bright and stately in the sunshine. 
There is an old saying, going all the way back to when Romans ruled the world:
“Why should a man die when he has sage in his garden?” 
I know […]

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The funeral is over.  It was comforting to hear friends share their own personal memories of what made my friend so special.  I think a funeral helps to bring closure.  I realize that the hurt for the family will go on for a long while, and probably get worse before it gets better, but I think even […]

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I’m actually okay and able to move after all my cleaning yesterday!  How I loved waking up to a clean, quiet house this morning.

I walked through the garden before I started my work day.  The sun was very bright.
Mary over at Across the Pond was writing about urns yesterday.  I was not sure I had one, but […]

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I was thinking of you in the garden today.  Yes, you. 

I was thinking that one can never have enough thyme…

to stroll in the garden, that is.

Look at the red-banded hairstreak!

and the liatris.

Black-eyed Susan.  Summer makes bright colors!

Maybe more of crepe myrtle’s snow will cool things down.

Look at the insects hanging out underneath the Achillea bloom.  […]

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