gardening

  • garden planning-playing the long game

    furniture to refinish

    Garden planning for me is a long game. Ideas tend to dance around in my head for months, sometimes years, before they take corporeal form.  Lately my mind has been wandering to Wonderland. I’m imagining a small garden nook celebrating “All Things Alice.” My Pinterest Garden Planning Board Moving from planning to reality The removal of […]

  • early autumn sunset

    meditation cat statue

    Sunset arrives a little earlier in late summer, reminding me that autumn is nearing. During the months to come, my garden will shed its vibrant hues quieted under a blanket of snow. Dwelling on what the colder months have in store comes far too easy for me, but for once I choose to be mindful […]

  • Craftsman Detail for Modern Ranch House

    Craftsman Detail for a Modern Ranch One of the reasons that I fell in love with my little ranch house about 15 years ago was that fact that it sat nestled among trees including four gigantic pines. They had stood here long before the neighborhood came into being and gave our modern house a quaint cottage […]