by me | Apr 29, 2013 | city living, current non-events, Environment, Home, Outdoors, Richmond VA, yard
I walked up the backyard yesterday after a walk with a friend in the soft rain. I was already thinking of the next thing I had to do when I walked over the bridge over the gully kwai (not its real name) and had enough sense to pause and see the blooms where they were...
by me | Aug 2, 2012 | city living, current events, Family, food, Home, Humor, renovations, yard
It’s been a couple of weeks of taking care of what’s on top and what’s on the bottom and everything in between. Roof leaks, sewer gas smells, gas stove servicing, annual termite inspection, car issues, trips to the dentist and the GYN. I even...
by me | Jun 11, 2012 | Environment, Family, Home, Humor, Outdoors, writing, writing for children, yard
Why are tiny things so appealing? Miniaturized things? In the case of dollhouses, it can only be that one doesn’t have to clean the toilets. In the case of this display from Brookside Gardens in Montgomery County, MD, where I grew up (and pretty much the best...
by me | May 29, 2012 | city living, current events, Environment, Family, Home, Humor, Outdoors, yard
Sometimes it’s hard to see that I’m making headway in a given area of life. It could be my tendency to weed 62% of the weeds in one spot of my yard, meaning to get back to it to get the rest before they go to seed and undo any of the % I just took...
by me | Apr 8, 2012 | city living, current events, Environment, Family, Home, Outdoors, RHome, Richmond VA, writing, yard
With the passing of dear Mary Shumate, who lived and loved the house and yard I’ve lived in 16 years, I’ve been appreciating her handiwork with a sharper eye. She and her dear husband Stuart built this house and fashioned this yard starting in 1955. It...
by me | Dec 6, 2011 | city living, current events, Family, Holidays, Home, Humor, Richmond VA, yard
for the sort of husband I have from the sort of wife I am. It isn’t the sexiest present. It isn’t the most expensive. It’s not hand-made or home-cooked, but it is pretty durned thoughtful. You don’t have to go to a store to purchase it. And...
