Writer – Photographer
—– Dogs and fall and books and coffee…these are a few of my favorite things. Thanks to dear Peg, I have an entire Autumn set-up now. The pumpkin to the right, however, is mine! I grew a pumpkin!! “Let the mind beware, that though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious.” …
—– My gardening client inherited this little gem when she moved in – so I decided to experiment with photographing things that are small but making them look normal-size. Not sure if I achieved it, but it’s cute anyway…
—– Featured image: my first time growing zinnias – a bit by accident, but they will definitely be staple flowers in years to come! —– —– Marigolds, take one. I kind of screwed around with the editing software on this one, but it’s all experimentation… —– —– And another marigold. They’re just all-around good …
—– I got a new camera! I am figuring it out. Also here’s the last hollyhock bloom of the season, standing eight feet tall in full glory.
—– I ended up with a lot of flowers this summer – not as much variety as I had hoped for, but a much higher quantity than I was expecting. Naturally about 70% of these were marigolds of sundry strains. These marigolds are, as far as I’ve been able to find out, lemon gem signet …
_____ I’m certain I will be able to title things more creatively as the month progresses. You might be thinking that I intend to write something painfully cliche pertaining to some sort of Karate Kid wax-on-wax-off metaphor in which I ruminate on how this whole year has been such a stream of life lessons, blah blah …
Baby greens have compacted flavor that makes them more sweet and tender. They are used in many meals but usually they are used as garnishes. An additional idea is that compacted flavor = compacted nutrients. Thus, if you eat one micro mustard green, you get the same amount of nutrients as you would get eating …