Three recipes worth making, three books worth reading and a week that smelled like honeysuckle The weather this week has been something. Cool mornings, warm sunny afternoons, and everywhere I go in the yard there is honeysuckle. That smell. The birds are carrying on like they haven’t caught up with one another in weeks. The…
Heat, hawks, a nest I can’t stop watching, and the most beautiful spring garden I’ve seen in years By 9:30 Sunday morning, the front yard had turned into a congressional hearing. Not the quiet kind — the kind with everyone talking at once and nobody listening. I had been out earlier on the front porch…
Three films, Monty Don, and Kristy Woodson Harvey’s new novel It has been one of those weeks. Pisa had an ear infection — which meant two vet visits, ear drops twice a day, and the outrage of a dachshund who could not hear and was sick of the vet and me. Then Paris and Patches…
Three spring recipes I cannot stop thinking about, three books for slow weekend reading, and everything else worth knowing this week It is still technically spring, but Mother Nature apparently decided to skip the middle part and go straight to summer. We crossed eighty degrees twice this week and I found Patches panting in the…
The best peony year I can remember, two nests in the holly and a book set in three of my favorite cities What an amazing weekend. The weather was the kind I grew up with in the Midwest — cool in the morning, then sunny and warm and just about perfect as the day goes…
A busy week, the best peony year yet, three garden videos I could watch on a loop and a film about an octopus that I cannot wait to see I started this week with two things on the calendar and ended it completely wiped out. That seems to be how weeks work lately. The good…
Spring recipes from three bloggers I love, three books for the season, and everything else on my radar this week It has been a good week. I went back to yoga after a long break, which felt more significant than it probably sounds. And yesterday I got what I think was winter’s last hurrah —…
A joyful Easter, a grey day that was exactly right, a new book about wartime Paris, and a New York townhouse worth watching twice. This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases….
Easter is the holiest weekend of the year for me — the one that quiets everything else down and asks you to pay attention This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases….
Three comforting Easter side dishes, three spring books, and a quiet end to Holy Week This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. It has been a busy week and I am…
A weather correction, a manicure problem, the story of Rose Valland and a Parisian apartment I watched twice. This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I owe the weather desk a…
The garden center got me again, five women who changed the world without being thanked for it, and I cannot contain myself about the new Monty Don show. This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I…
