Clouds and Flowers: Fall in the Northwest Garden
Took a short break to play around with something I haven't touched in a year: Lensbaby!
Late Spring Color in the Skagit
While the Skagit Valley is best known for it's tuplip fields, late May had plenty of colorful patches of bulbs and plenty to see.
The Garden Grows In: Spring 2012
After last year's record cold spring, the pleasant string of weekends has our garden insanely full of flowers, bees, and birds looking to make nests.
Easy Skagit Valley Roll
With the day bright and a car to get there, Skagit Valley was a swell place to play hookie for the day and get in some miles on the bike.
Winter On Its Way
The cyclamen have started blooming! While it doesn't feel like winter, it's a sure sign that winter is on it's way.
A Yellow Climber
Our garden looks most English in June, so it's fitting that my favorite plant this time of year is the yellow climbing rose.
Summer in the Garden
As summer starts to fade, the poppies lose their prominence to Black-eyed Susans. It's lovely.
Winter is a Garden Season
Hardly bereft of beauty, the winter garden is filled with subtle pleasures.


This blog started, as many do, to keep the friends up to date while I was traveling. In my case, a long bike ride across Europe and move from Seattle to Boston in 2004.
