-
Seriously missing the fun gene
What a whiny subject line! This is not a whiny post, really, I promise ( Read more... ) -
Ithaca is not Ohio, or the death of farmland
After a lovely trip to NYC for a long weekend which ended in a less than lovely trip through traffic-filled NJ, exacerbated by extreme grumpiness over buying dishes (stupid dishes!), we landed back in our beautiful, spacious town for a whole two days before we got back into the car and went away again. This time to Ohio to visit my sister, her 3 ( Read more... ) -
Emotionally ambiguous spring.
All this spring (as cold and as wet as it is, my emotions have been a grand mixture of "Hooray! I left the house wearing a t-shirt and everything is green and wonderful!" and "Gah! I'm not ready. My front garden bed isn't built yet and the indoor winter projects on the house aren't finished and oh good lord, how is it that the first blooms are ( Read more... ) -
Gardening is an act of love or where I've been these last few months
Gardening is an act of love.
This weekend was the test launch of my new company: Dig, Grow, Love
You see, I love gardening, I love garden design, and I especially love infecting others with that same love. What I don’t love is that for the last 12 years that I’ve been doing it professionally, I’ve only been able to work for high-end clients ( Read more... ) -
Brainstorming a manifesto
Creating a gardening manifesto
I don’t know who’s more excited about Dig! Grow! Love! - me or my husband. When I thought about starting this business I was thinking local and homegrown, and not just the plants. “Local” as in dealing with ( Read more... ) -
It's all about me
Doors seem to be opening all over the place and we might be in a position to step though them ( Read more... ) -
Babe's asleep, must shovel!
Will run outside to deal with the snow in a moment, but I just wanted to take a moment to breathe, contemplate, and write. I have made a vow to myself that from now on, Audrey's sleep time will, very strictly, be my work time. I refuse to do housework while she's asleep, even though it's necessary and I feel like I'm still digging myself out of ( Read more... ) -
Happy things & accomplishments
Now that Rocketboy has been in school for a second week, I'm starting to get a rhythm, or maybe not so much a rhythm but the early inklings that there might be a rhythm emerging from this chaos in the near future ( Read more... ) -
Pleased & don't want to forget it
Now that Rocketboy has been in school for a second week, I'm starting to get a rhythm, or maybe not so much a rhythm but the early inklings that there might be a rhythm emerging from this chaos in the near future ( Read more... ) -
Dinner & tooth = fail. Overall week = win!
J's second week of school has been great. He's happy, adjusting quickly, and making friends. I'm trying to adjust too. I suddenly have "free" time, only not really. Somehow having to deal with only one kid feels like a vacation, but one with lots of baggage. Now that I have one less child for 6 hours a day, I suddenly feel like I should be ( Read more... )