Monthly Archives: July 2004

taste test

The Bookish Gardener started this. Then Kathy took it up and challenged others to take the test.

What you do is to pick one of the two alternatives in the list below and then compare your choices. I am posting my results below followed by commentary. My choices are the ones in bold.

For…

back in the garden

Img_1854.jpgThe summer heat and humidity is enough to make anyone feel a little wilted.

Actually this is a datura blossom near the end of its short life. I like daturas, also known as jimson weed, but a lot of people don’t. The plant itself is mostly big and ugly and is…

update on mom

Several readers have asked for an update on Mom. We visited her a couple times over the weekend. On Saturday she was still too medicated to realize we were there. Monday morning she was more awake. She told us that waking up on Monday was the first thing she could…

water balloon fight

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the shed

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Front porch of the The Shed in Edom, a dinner spot popular with antiquers from the Canton flea markets and visitors coming to pick their own blueberries at nearby farms.