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What a week!!! Last week of school and two kids "graduating" (minor graduations, 5th to 6th and 8th to 9th). Took this a couple days ago during a quiet moment in the garden. This the first season that peony is blooming. Happy I finally found its happy p
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Stopped me in my tracks. A stunning clematis (what var. is it???) growing through honeysuckle. Awesome plant buddies. So beautiful!
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Matisse, Botticelli (I'm mentally prepping for an Italian summer), and Chihuly at Boston's MFA. Part of a busy weekend, what did you get up to?
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The look he gives me when I explain that dogs don't eat avocados. #workingfromhome #officedog
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I'm along for the creative ride with one of my favorite bloggers (Danielle at @thejealouscurator ) . The prompt for today is 'vintage'. I spent the day outside... and managed to fill my vintage camp canteen with my favorite rhododendron. And photograph
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Current season: Clear cool nights with beautiful lighting. #pv72seasons Glad I had the 'good' camera with me to capture this on my way to dinner. What micro-season are you enjoying? Share and tag with #pv72seasons
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As a mom, I want to teach my kids about things and that I love and that they might not learn elsewhere. So, I quiz them on Latin plant names. They always fall for me pitting them against each other in friendly competition... and the thing that unifies the
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Tulips, redbud trees, the last of forsythia... and so many more things are blooming right now! What is blooming in your garden? It hasn't quite been 5 days since my last #pv72seasons post... but this mini season is just asking to be named. I'm calling it
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Heaven is a greenhouse full of tomato plants under planted with basil just a few weeks away from harvest (in May, in MA). Smells so good. This is one of my favorite little known nurseries... those tomato plants will be to the ceiling soon... it is an ama
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Spring, summer, fall, winter- seasons that mark changes in weather, light, and happenings in nature. Each is wildly different from another. But what if you tracked seasons as the ancient Japanese did? They marked a new season every 5 days - 72 seasons in
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Book cases in the garden? Why not. Just put the books in Perspex boxes. ❤ I adore this garden wall at the @citizenm hotel in NYC. So charming and chic. Perfect, even in the rain. From books and shelves to colorful sculpture I'm finding so many idea
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The tulips in NYC's Central Park are at their peak. I wonder if they plant these fresh every fall or if they are spring planted (forced)? Or (I'd be shocked) if they were here year in and year out. I couldn't tell. Only clue was that I know it's hard t
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Latergram of the camellia down in GA that reminded me of a flavor of ice cream... whose name I can't remember... But the flower is camellia .... variety is 'Tudor Baby Variegated'. Is it weird that flowers remind me of food? Now I'm thinking maybe it wa
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Happy first day of spring! I'm itching to get outside but a lot of snow still covers everything. So instead I'm pottering with my camera and writing about spring garden chores you can do in 15 minutes. But as soon as the weather allows... those taro
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Who went to the Philly Flower Show? If so you might have seen my friend Carrie's Stinze garden (it won the Governors Cup). Among naturalized spring meadow-like planting it feathered a beautiful lace fence. THE LACE FENCE IS FOR SALE! Who doesn't wan
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What were the skies like? Last night, they were kind of amazing... for about 5 minutes. Captured through the snow-rain out the car window. Fingers crossed they are just as amazing tonight...this time I'll be ready with the better camera. #latergram
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Moody Monday here. Am I the only one who needs a long hike in the woods? Or an afternoon pottering by myself in the garden? Food and family are two of my favorite things... but I have to balance them with solitude and a good sweat (as in exercise). Than
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Thinking about my old garden buddy Tank. (Short for Thanksgiving- I know we have a sick humor) He lives on in a new home, but as garden pets go, he was special. Mostly because unlike my family, he always responded to me. I spoke, he gobbled back. Alwa
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Favorite garden plant of the moment. Callicarpa (aka beautyberry) always catches everyone's attention. It is so pretty this time of year with its bright purple berries and leaves that fade to yellow. Unless you cut it back like I did this year... I have
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Succulents and a gardeners's scourge (bittersweet vine) are such a pretty combination. Bittersweet is totally invasive (which is why you can find it all over the place... harvest it on the side of just about any back road in New England) If you plan to
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I love fall light!! And it is a downright beautiful day here... no reason to not get to the polls and vote!
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I love glasshouses and wacky dog sculptures. I just never find the English Bull Terriors that I'd quickly pay too much for in an excited state of discovery. I snapped this fast and didn't see all the details til later... Like is that bougainvillea in a
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48 hours in Boston (sort of like a staycation... But in a hotel room) has both energized and depleted me. This is, I guess, the way writing binges go... You pour it all out, work like mad, exhaust yourself mentally, but feel so good about having done it
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These perfect echeveria in a sedum nest have the most stunning color. I need to go back to @gerards_lincoln to find out the variety (and maybe buy a few) as I progress in my project from a few posts back to recreate that pink and mint colored succulent
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Despite some weather, I feel like fall is hanging on for longer than usual. #thankful The back of my garden is finally (after many years) making a little sense to me. When we created this place we removed many large pine trees and the result was a ver
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I love this sweet craft project as we head into a new month. It is little more that a couple straw flowers, statice, and other tidbits from a fall bouquet glued to a pumpkin. But it is such a delightful little thing that could be scaled up if you wanted t
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I've always loved this house (in every season.). But I think it is most beautiful in the fall when the leaves match the paint. It's for sale. #wishlist
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Accidentally discovered a glorious little garden shop yesterday. I've driven past it for over a decade thinking it one of many cute, but ubiquitous New England farms stands. The ombré pumpkin display should have been a clue... Gerard's in Lincoln, MA..
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And there are still plenty of trees that are completely green! Feeling grateful. I ❤️ Autumn.
