I picked these flowers from my gardens Tuesday, before a spring storm barreled through the area. The bouquet has yellow snapdragons, two varieties of dianthus, a geranium blossom and a painted daisy (I think!). It’s this Thursday’s Treasure because little bouquets of garden flowers like this one remind me of my grandmother, Mabel Austin Gibson. … Read more
It’s days like today that reminds me why I love living in the South. While back home in NY they are having a (last?) blast of arctic cold and snow, we are enjoying low 80s and sunshine here in north Texas. I spent most of yesterday morning mowing and weedeating the backyard. I’m going to … Read more
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that our new house has gardening space. So far, my gardening has been rather unproductive. If we had to survive on what I’ve produced, well, let’s just say we’d have been dead long ago! Last spring was unusually wet, cool, and cloudy (15 inches in May is wet!), so the … Read more
