I’ve had a blog since 2005, but I didn’t move to my own host until June 1, 2007. My first post in my new blog home featured a picture of our one annual peony, in a cup on the kitchen shelf. In what has become an unexpected late-May ritual, I have snapped a photo of […]
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Hmmm, should I announce a winner?


Or should I just leave you hanging? I’ve already waited five hours longer than I planned to before posting this followup to the bag giveaway, and maybe that’s hanging enough. You think? Ok. So I asked Neil to come up with a random criteria by which to rank comments and choose a winner. The criteria […]
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It looks like we will be getting a peony this year. It’s been hit-or-miss since the unfortunate mangling of the peony plant by an over-enthusiastic weed whacker a few years ago. I love the scent of these flowers, and the deep, deep pomegranate color of the petals. And although this is likely to sound completely […]
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