
Two families are living in the scrap wood birdhouses made by C.P.McDill
Clematis and strawberries.
Tomatoes are setting fruit. Broccoli hiding in it's own shade house in the background.
A wee arborvitae. C.P.'s plantings are all tiny evergreen trees. I'm beginning to think he really likes them.
My favorite dianthus pinks that smell like cinnamon, fading phlox, and a ...

A lovely way to start the first morning of May is with a reminder of Lord Whimsy's post about David Brenner's moss garden. I love moss and don't care much obsessively trimmed blandscapes. There is a small cottage up ...

I'm still floating in the mist. I think it's called a brain fog. The signs of life I refer to are (unfortunately) not mine. Not yet. They are outside, here on the coastal homestead among the flora and ...

Take a walk down the stone steps into my garden.
Quietly sneak past the guard and under the driftwood arch.
Hot peppers galore.
Abundance
A field of cosmos 10 feet tall.
A fig tree grew out of the compost. Surprise!
C.P. made these birdhouses ...