Alison's blog: Blooms and roots; the gardener

n English gardener, who takes a lot of photos, visits many places, listens to lots of music, reads a lot of books, who has wandered the earth but is currently dug in in Sacramento, California. On this blog: gardening and wildlife. Life in Northern California, and an archive of postings from Long Island's southern shore, amid the wetlands... restoring house and garden. And the most beautiful sunrises...

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Bella has a new coat

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As you can see, she was so excited she couldn't keep still! It's two pieces--a coat and a snood -- and they will keep her really wa...
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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Be careful what you wish for....

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I had just been talking to my neighbour about the decision to drain the pond and find a new home for Moby and the other fish, and was sittin...
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Misty but spring

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Weatherman said, 80 degrees and sunny. 9 a.m., and it hasn't arrived yet. It's mild and misty. The air is scented, even by the water...
Friday, April 24, 2009

Really spring, really

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The new magnolia has settled in and is already blooming--and the flowers smell amazing! I wonder if deer like magnolia flowers? I guess I...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Evening walk

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Long legs In the garden of an abandoned house.
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Citizen Me! :-)

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I am now American!!!! And I have a certificate to prove it!!! :-) And look what my lovely colleagues from HP sent to celebrate--some bea...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Dog yoga: the doughnut (aka donut)

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Nice article about Mastic Beach

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See the article here: http://www.masticbeach.org/pdf/lia-article-31.pdf

Nishiki willow, planted

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I planted another "Nishiki" willow, Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki', this time in the middle of the front garden, where it...
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Cleanup day!

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... and dawn was very pretty.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Susan Boyle and true beauty

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Never, ever give up on your dreams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

First day at school

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Bella and I went to her first training class at a local chain pet store last night. She was totally distracted for the first half hour (whic...
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Monday, April 13, 2009

Brookhaven cleanup! April 18th!

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This coming weekend is the annual Brookhaven cleanup! Get your (welly) boots, your gloves and your garbage bags, and help! More information ...
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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Green... at last!

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Definitely some green about today. Bella has mastered the wooden stairs--both here, and at the beach. She ran straight up the beach steps t...

Washed away

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Sometime between Monday and Tuesday afternoon, the rowboat that had been stuck in the reeds across from the house, waiting for me and sever...
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Dog yoga: the sphinx

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Planted

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One Climbing Joseph's Coat rose ("continual" flowering, pink/yellow/orange, scented) One Climbing Coral Dawn (scented, coral) ...

Into the garden

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After several weeks of self-induced funk, fuelled by reading several utterly-depressing (to me) biographies of alcohol-drug-and-mental-illne...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Routinely Saturday

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Bella has been here two weeks, tomorrow, and we have established something of a routine. Get up early, quick trip to the backyard, Bella sti...
Thursday, April 09, 2009

Much more relaxed!

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Bella is doing lots and lots of sleeping. Very relaxed today.
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