Some of you may know that I'm a complete sucker for fragrance. The highlights of my gardening year are when the fragrant things bloom. Lilies, roses, daphne, clethra, daffodils, wisteria... and, for a few days, viburnum. God, I could sit here all day, sniffing it when the breeze blows! Heaven ( Read more... )

I am sitting on my deck in the hazy sunshine (with one cat and a dog). Please, god, no more winter! I know it's a bit early to request this but I've been a good girl. Mostly. Sorta. Really! I'm tired of looking (and feeling) like something that's crawled out from beneath a rock. And yes, I realize that that's why you made 'self-tanning lotion' but ( Read more... )