Because…
I haven’t dug up and brought in the aeoniums…
I haven’t mulched the ginger or tetrapanax…
I haven’t planted my new plant purchases, but rather dropped them into a couple empty pots, and I haven’t brought my pots under the eaves on the south wall of the house…
I haven’t wrapped the banana pseudotrunks in insulation…
And because [...]
I spent the last week with jaded midwesterners shaking their head at me for peeking out the window watching for the snow to stick. What’s so good about snow?
Walking to get a bourbon hot chocolate for breakfast.
Walking to get dessert at Pix
Staying to watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Followed by a showing of [...]
EVERY time, I fall for it. I’m glued to the news, watching every channel’s forecast. This time, we had over a week of forecast highs below freezing, there was talk of a white Christmas, and the iPhone forecast is still showing snow every single day. But I think it’s over. The [...]
Saturday morning, we were supposed to have a low of 38, but when I took the dogs out first thing in the morning, we had serious business frost. I’m still not prepared for winter, and it probably means the garden will be a little more bare than I left it when I get [...]