So you might remember a few weeks ago that I mentioned re-working my blogroll — well I have been struggling with what I want to do over on that page but I have finally sorted it out — at least in my mind. I find that my blogroll has become too long, a bit un-interesting … Read more
Zalipie, Poland is an old communist village where folk art served the purpose of all folk art – to provide a local community with a common aesthetic and decoration. But this little town took it a bit further than most in a way that I find interesting and inspiring. Adding paint and specifically the folk … Read more
One of the stories about the making of this garden caught my ear and I wanted to share it. The Bellingrath Garden (which is about 20 minutes from Mobile, Alabama) was built by Walter and Bessie Bellingrath. Both were very generous benefactors to local organizations but Bessie was known to take generosity and kindness one … Read more
I could choose almost any state in the union for this to be a native of…it grows almost everywhere (sometimes invasively). I am going with Missouri (as changed from Ohio) purely for the reason that I think I can imagine these there, growing along a river. A plant for wetlands, ponds edges, streams, or general … Read more
The idea for SeedLiving was borne on a date night… as designer/ website creator Anna Monique describes…. “Lickity split and with an olive in his mouth he (her husband) blurps out, “why don’t do you do a seedy saturday website?” I sat there stunned. “But someone is probably doing it already.” Its true, there’s Ebay, … Read more
I have always loved art deco, flappers, and the style of the roaring twenties. My first ‘big girl’ purchase when I got out of college and rented my very first apartment was a deco bedroom set with waterfall fronts, shell shaped handles and beautiful caramel colored wood (all my friends where shopping at Ikea – … Read more
Are you glued to the TV? I am. The images of Japan and the potential further disaster as the waves move away from the epicenter is too much to look away from. Plus it’s pouring outside, so I am unable to go outside and finish a project that I started yesterday (the video of which … Read more
I am cutting and pasting this from the White Flower Farm (Litchfield, CT) newsletter because since I read it, I have been fascinated with the topic. I have yet to find a good book on the subject, so if you know any, please pass it along. “Paying attention to the first signs of spring in … Read more
I really hate to not finish things that I start. And being a starter type personality (as opposed to a maintainer or a finisher) I start and sometimes don’t finish a-lot of things. Have you ever thought about if you are a starter, a maintainer, or a finisher? So one of my 2012 resolutions is to finish a bunch … Read more
My front grass is completely dead. This isn’t a case of not greening up in the spring…it is so much worse….when I rake it everything comes up and I am left with just clean dirt. I have honestly never seen a case of grubs killing everything in sight, which is exactly what has happened….I suspect … Read more