ONE YELLOW SNAPDRAGON
The first chill of October crept in overnight and surprised me. As I walked into church on Sunday morning, wishing I had thrown on my …
COVID CASINO
I must confess that unlike many of my favorite friends, I am no more than a random gardener. I am stunned and often perplexed by …
HALFWAY THROUGH JANUARY
Are we sure that January has only 31 days? Because I’m not. Christmas is over, the decorations waiting in a clutter to be packed up …
GIFTS FROM THE OAKS
I, like our friend Robert Frost, have safely trodden under the leaves of another year. We have successfully removed the oak leaves from our 15000 …
CONSIDER THE DAFFODILS
Yes, you heard me right. Daffodils, not lilies. This is April in New Hampshire and the lilies are yet to come. Did anyone else notice …
BEHOLD THE HUMMINGBIRD
This tiny silvery green helicopter frequents my deck on these hot summer afternoons, taking advantage of his feeder. The other day he and his wife …
A QUESTION FOR ROBERT FROST
“Nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold;Her early leaf’s a flower, but only so an hour.So leaf subsides to leaf, so Eden …
LIGHT BRIEFLY CAPTURED
One red leafSettling and shining in the brookCatches and holds the thinning lightOf an October afternoonIts tentative crimson triumphShouting against the coming darkness One tree stretched …
FEBRUARY 2013 BLIZZARD
Oh, yes, it came. They said it would, and it did, but not quite as severe as predicted.The snow started coming down in pinpricks last …