August 2023 Newsletter

August 2023 Newsletter

Our August days are historically hot and sunny, but this year August has seemed our turnaround time moving us from summer into fall. That usually happens throughout the month of September when the mornings and evenings cool and you take your sweater with you outside...
July 2023

July 2023

July is a lovely month in the Pacific Northwest and truly the beginning of our summer. The persistent June rains, which we did not get many of this year, are past, and warm sunshine will grace our lives well into October. I spend most of every afternoon outside,...
May 2023

May 2023

Rainer Maria Rilke said, “It is spring again. The Earth is like a child that knows poems”.  We Pacific Northwesterners wait all year for these precious days. I am sure that is also true for many of you in most parts of our country. Here in Washington State, daylight...
April 2023

April 2023

Now that our Spring has arrived, our three hens seem as happy as the effusion of melodic robins and sparrows in the yard! How do I know this you ask? Because they are once again laying eggs – delicate brown and pale green!  Ahhhhh, sunlight and longer days causing all...
March 2023

March 2023

Earlier this month, I was at Refeather Your Nest in downtown Mount Vernon, WA, signing and selling books. I just love being there. The store is like a wonderland and the people, both those working in the shop and those coming in to browse and shop, are so warm and...
February 2023

February 2023

In protest of Punxsutawney Phil’s outrageous prediction of another six weeks of winter, I just ordered poppy and zinnia flower seeds and cleared the kitchen garden! Daffy and tulip bulbs are popping up nicely and the rhubarb as well. And the heather is in bloom! And...

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