Category Flowers
This is what happens
Sometimes you run out to pick up a few necessaries for grilling with friends on the roof and realise before you even get to the condiment aisle that dinner-plate dahlias should have been at the top of the list. An oversight quickly remedied… š These are no shrinking violets! Letās just say itās a good […]
Has summer finally come?
After a classic Seattle June-uary and what had been looking increasingly like Febr-uly, can it be that summer is finally here? Clear skies, mid-70s… letās hope this lasts! And since our work-from-home has been extended now through the beginning of January, Iām going to soak up as much of this as I can on the […]
There were hummingbirds today
They come most days, actually, but today I managed to capture a few action shots. My favourite moments are when they perch on the grate next to where Iām sitting and look at me with their big black eyes and their beaks covered in pollen and their adorable tiny feet poking out below. No grabbing […]
Night shift
I hope youāll excuse another āworking from homeā post. Itās just that if you have to work late on a clear summer night in Seattle, the best way to do it is wrapped in a blanket with a view of the city skyline and a patio heater, surrounded by honeysuckle, gardenias, and roses all in […]
Itās not all roses and rooftop grilling
After my post yesterday I scrolled back through the blog and realised that I might be doing that thing where people post their unrealistic best selves online and leave out all the messy details. So lest you think that my life is all roses and rooftop grilling, hereās a shot of my āhome officeā where […]
Tonight the sunset matched my roses
The best part of my day is winding down in the garden on my roof.
Another day off!
Well, not entirely offāI had to take one call and a few emails in the morningābut for the most part I was able to unplug and enjoy the day. Started out with some pottering among the roses . . . . . . then off to the garden center to see if I couldnāt finish […]
Roses!
Now that Iām a gardener of roses I get to do glamorous things like accidentally break several branches while planting and then make the best of it by putting the blossoms in a pretty vase on my dining room table and feeling joy every time I look at them.
A day off!
My first day off in seven weeks! I slept until nearly 9am, ate a bowl of muesli in the sun on the roof terrace, and picked Justin up for another trip to the garden center. We left two hours later with so many roses, honeysuckle, and clematis that I literally had to return a few […]
Stolen moments in the garden
I ought to have spent the day at my desk working through my mile-long list of thing to do. But knowing that I had a cartload of new plants waiting upstairs was more than morale could bear. So I ditched the computer for a couple of hours and got one section of planters done on […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 