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What’s not to love? Lucille’s potting shed is a gardener’s dream come true. I walked in and was smitten. Mike was worried before I even walked in. If you’ve seen our barn, it doesn’t look like this, and now Mike will live with fear in his heart that someday it will. He already lies . . . → Read More: I Love Lucille’s Potting Shed I write to you with fingers numb. I think that I might lose a thumb. Chicago’s temperature is 33. Yet I was gardening – crazy me. The sun was shining. The birds were singing. I was smiling, trimming, digging. Digging through the shed so deep, my gardening tools buried in the heap. But out they . . . → Read More: Fingers Numb As I complete this monthly series paying homage to Edith Holden, I thank her for writing her diary and sharing it with us so many years ago. February, per Edith Holden’s “Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady”… This month derives its name from the word februare, to purify or from Februa, the Roman festival of . . . → Read More: Gardener’s Muse Day – February 2012 The month of January, per Edith Holden’s “Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady”… Named from the Roman god Janus, who is represented with two faces looking in opposite directions, – as retrospective to the past, and prospective to, the coming year. And an interesting motto that Ms. Holden has been kind enough to share with . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Muse Day – January 2012 My garden isn’t just decorative. It is also a place that reminds me of others. I like going out in my garden and being surrounded by those memories. Bob and Joann gave us the heart shaped plant hanger, and the sign that reads ‘The best is yet to come’. Susan from Keno Kozie gave me . . . → Read More: Christmas Gifts For The Gardener – Make A Memory For Them The month of December, per Edith Holden’s “Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady”… December was the last month of the old Roman year which was divided into ten months. The Saxons called it ‘winter-monat’ or winter month, and ‘heligh-monat,’ or holy month from the fact that Christmas fell with it. The 22nd of December is . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Muse Day – December 2011 I like to give credit where credit is due. Today, credit is due to Susan Holland of Bismarck, North Dakota. Susan’s and my friendship is a testament to the new world we live in – one connected over many miles thanks to modern technology. Susan took one more big technology step recently, as her credits now include . . . → Read More: Way To Go Susan! The month of November, per Edith Holden’s “Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady”… The ninth month of the old Roman year, which began with March. The 11th of November was held to mark the beginning of Winder. The Anglo-Saxon name for November was ‘Blot-monath’, (Blood-month the latter name probably alluding to the custom of slaughtering . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Muse Day – November 2011 I owe you one. One muse day that is. As I post my October 1st muse, I post my belated September muse as well. The month of September, per Edith Holden’s “Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady”… September was the seventh month of the Roman calendar, but is the ninth according to our reckoning. The . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Muse Day – September/October 2011 The month of August, per Edith Holden’s “Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady” … This month received it’s present name from the Emperor Augustus, and was selected not as being his natal month, but because in it his greatest good fortune happened to him. As July contained 31 days, and August only 30, it was . . . → Read More: Gardener Bloggers’ Muse Day – August 2011 |
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