Finally, spring

Happy spring!

I’m in North Carolina visiting family, so please excuse these short posts.  More regular blogging by the end of March.

Weekend photoblogging: big snowstorm!

It’s really coming down outside.

Merry holidays!

A “garden version” of The Night Before Christmas:

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the yard,
Not a vegetable was growing, not even Swiss chard.
The hoses were stored in the cellar with care
And I, rest assured, knew they wouldn’t freeze there.
The perennials were mulched, all snug in their beds
While visions of springtime danced in their heads.

Organic produce must-haves

I interrupt my fall field trip adventures to direct your attention to a really helpful article article in the latest Delicious Living magazine that discusses what products or product ingredients that you should buy organically if all possible. The article goes beyond the usual health reasons and explores the environmental reasons for buying organic as well

New Orleans

Hi everyone, I had a last minute business trip to New Orleans for a client, but only for a couple of days. This place is wacky in so many ways, good and bad. The people seem great all around though. I’ll be back in Rhode Island tonight, where the high temperature today is supposed to be 40 DEGREES LESS than here in New Orleans.

Last night I ate dinner in an outside courtyard surrounded by palms and giant blooming hibiscus and covered by an impenetrable canopy of blooming wisteria. The petals kept falling on the table while we were eating. And I still live in New England WHY?

Vernal equinox: new beginnings

Books of natural history make the most cheerful winter reading.

– Henry Thoreau, “Natural History of Massachusetts”

Hello readers and blog friends. Happy first day of spring….a welcome day for all, especially in the colder parts of the world. I took a winter break from blogging to enjoy a cheerful winter of reading “books of natural history” and to give myself a mental and physical respite from the electronic world.