Thoughtful musings on various topics by interesting people at Blithewold
Winter skin
We’ve been hit. And just like back in June with the sucker punch heatwave, there hasn’t been a chance to acclimate. All of a sudden in a bitter wind, the plants have turned inside out … Read more.
Winter storage
What have you done with all of the tender perennials you bought this summer? Are they in the compost heap? Have you left them where they were planted in hopes of a mild winter come-back? … Read more.
365 days
“Nothing lasts.” That might sound pessimistic to the average bear but to a gardener it’s a liberating, life affirming and exciting truth. Yesterday a lucky group of gardeners and Blithewold supporters had the pleasure of … Read more.
Maple tease
I think I promised an Ode to Maple Trees post during one of my fall color raptures and let me just say again that this has been the most stunning year for fall color that … Read more.
Good news
Things are really looking up around here. I have to say that I still have goosebumps and this weirdly giddy feeling that must be called “hope”. Rhode Islanders, regardless of a devastatingly stinky economy (did … Read more.
I dig election day
I will also pitch, shred, and rake on election day. The morning is gloriously warm and delicately sunny but I woke up tense and nervous and am still having trouble relaxing. I won’t be able … Read more.
Ghosts
The house is full of ghosts today With happy going to and fro – They swim and sing and laugh and play This joyous group from years ago. Aunt Bessie and the Commodore Two dear … Read more.
Rearranging the furniture
Gail and I look at the North Garden all summer with very critical eyes and every year by this time we’re like discontented apartment dwellers – desperate to clear the clutter and rearrange the furniture. … Read more.
Fall feast
It might all be eye candy but it’s delicious outside! Yesterday was one of those amazing, quintessentially New England, fall days – cloudless cerulean sky framing the blazing end of the earth’s color spectrum – … Read more.
Jack’s back
Mother Nature must have kicked Jack Frost out of bed this morning because he came by bright and early to nip our roses (and a few noses and other posies). Gail and I tried to … Read more.