Friday, July 31, 2009

Summer salads :-)

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Last night, dinner was a salad of lettuce (two sorts), rocket and a sprig or two of that scratchy lettucy stuff, cucumber, peas, and little ...

Last day of July... already

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It's Friday, end-of-the-week, end-of-the-month. The sky is low, heavy; almost-misty, but not quite; laden with mosquitos despite the bes...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Foggy raccoons

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Two adult raccoons lumbered across my neighbour's lawn this early morning, their coats heavy with dew and colours fading into the warm f...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Sweet sweet peas

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They are flowering, at last, in the large container and its pylon, by the front door. Gentle pinks and purples, and they smell so good. But ...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Washed

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Yesterday, and overnight, we had a huge amount of rain. Warnings of coastal flooding with tides two feet higher than usual, but as it was da...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Nap time

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Sleepy dog!

Little gems

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The plan was to have these clambering up the gourd vine which by now should be all the way up to the bridge to the raised garden... but the...

The front mixed border

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Someone else is watering them today (i.e., it's raining!)

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I had forgotten that I bought these beautiful, large yellow daylillies last year, until they emerged a few days ago. The plants are not hug...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Cicadas and hummingbirds

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The cicadas are back: emerged from their hiding-places. The first one I heard late last week was an engine-loud, deep-noted one somewhere in...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009

July = garden growing

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Every day I am amazed that the deer have not-yet feasted on the hostas. Taken photo so that when the day comes and they are all inside a de...

July = wildflowers

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Flax. A reminder of what used to be farmed on the William Floyd Estate. Now growing by No. 1 Beach, the same colour as the sky this morning....
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Monday, July 13, 2009

Almost-full moon and the bay like a mirror

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Friday evening. Jade ran around yelling, "the moon, the moon!"
Thursday, July 09, 2009

FFKAMA karate TV

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Just discovered that I can watch recent French karate tournaments (and international-but-with-French-flavour) on the FFKAMA website: http://...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Tuesday, Tuesday

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Morning walk under a glowering sky, heavily grey, warm. Red-winged blackbirds, grey catbirds, and a mocking-bird with a million songs. One i...
Monday, July 06, 2009

July 4th flowers

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Nasturtiums in the planter by the front door. Vanilla icecream! The window-boxes are full of petunias and nasturtiums, and marigold seedli...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009

South fork tour

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Outer beach, Montauk. Baby daisy plants in the sand. Giant seagulls fighting over catfish. Grey sky but the sun breaking through. The swin...
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Friday, June 26, 2009

My day off for gardening... yeah, right

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This was just as the early-evening storm broke. We'd had a major storm in the morning, too much water plus electricity in the air to do...
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Monday, June 22, 2009

For Vivian

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I am feeling rather sad, and ashamed. I learned this weekend that my friend Vivian Dhaliwal is no longer with us, and I am sad for that. Ash...

More!

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Returned to Lowe's this evening, returned with Iris ensata "Katy Mendez" (purple with a yellow mark), Iris ensata "St...