I’ve long had mixed feelings about mums that suddenly pop up at grocery stores in the Fall, looking like outsize flower mushrooms. I’ve tried not to be a stick-in-the-mud, but they're just so loud and unnatural looking. However, a few years ago I happened upon some...
I've been talking about paths and patio ever since we moved into our mid-century ranch house some 2+ years ago. I've consulted with trained professional, gotten sketches, drawn my own diagrams, saved a million examples on Pinterest. Sometimes it seemed all I was ever...
Remember last week when I said this week I'd continue with part II. Well, I'm to hell and gone from Cartagena. We'd been waiting on our contractor for a patio project, then suddenly the crew touched down. They're making terrific progress, and we love it. (More on that...
To think of the plants I've babied along, knowing in a dim corner of my brain that its days are numbered. But once the synapses fire in earnest, stand back. Mind you, I don't always record the before scenario--because once I get it in my head it's okay to get the ax,...