I think today is the first day of fall. Not officially, not by the calendar. In fact, not even by the other calendar I live by – the academic calendar.
But today is the first day that really feels like fall. The sky has cleared, the wind has started to blow the leaves from the trees. [...]
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First day of fall
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Once upon a greenhouse
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Once upon a time…my great-grandparents and grandfather owned a commercial nursery business in Atlanta. Of course, I never realized that it was a business, I just thought that my family enjoyed growing things, and other people enjoyed coming over to see the flowers. My family maintained three greenhouses, all put in place in the late [...]
Today’s garden thoughts
Posted in Uncategorized on August 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It rained last week. A LOT. In fact, all told the garden got about two inches of rain in four days after a three week dry spell. And while I’m very very thankful for the rain, it did come at a rather tricky time of trying to get the greens planted and [...]
The hardest post I’ve written
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been avoiding this post, because it’s just too hard to write. Emilie always says, “it’s not real until I write about it”, and maybe that’s why I’ve put it off so long, because I don’t want it to be real.
Three weeks ago today, my grandfather passed away suddenly.
See, when I say that, I can’t [...]
Happy Birthday, Beloved NAA!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged grandpa, tractor on April 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
April 22 is a very important day for our family!
On this day, in 1954, my grandfather brought home a shiny new Ford NAA tractor that he paid $1800 for. His family thought he was crazy, because he bought it on credit.
Now, to us in this day of astronomical credit card debt for lifestyle [...]
Staring down the barrel of 40
Posted in Uncategorized on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tomorrow, I will celebrate my 40th Birthday! Yay! I’m pleased and proud. No, really, I am! As my grandfather says, growing older sure beats the alternative. He also says that any day you wake up on this side of the dirt is a good day. :- )
Anyway, I’m pleased and proud, but not feeling particularly [...]
If you see Lia, please send her home.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I am very sad this week. Tuesday night, Lia failed to come home at her customary time of 10pm. She is (was?) a cat of routine, and we could always count on her showing up at the front door at 10pm, wanting to come inside for the night. In fact, she had Abby trained to [...]
Trish on a Tractor
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged tractor on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many thanks to my Aunt Joyce for taking this picture last summer! This is the tractor I drive the most often, and as you can tell from the huge smile on my face, I get a huge kick out of driving it!
In case you’re interested, it’s a 1976 Ford 1600 with a LandPride rototiller.
I found new friends!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not that there was ever anything wrong with my old friends. ;- )
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Mr Jefferson and I share Garden Notes
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
True confession time: I have had a girlish crush on Thomas Jefferson since I was about 11 years old and I saw his fiery red-headed portrait and started reading his biographies. It was true love.
As I have aged a bit, though, and now have some short reference for my life I can see how all [...]
