Time moves on, whether we want it to or not, and while I'm still deeply immersed in grieving, it's important that I continue to w...

It's been just over two weeks since my last post, though it seems like an eternity of things have happened. When one's world explo...

 There was no warning on Monday, just a phone call from Kathleen, mother of Lowell's son Darren. The news was horrifying in its finali...

The 6th anniversary of Bloomingwriter passed quietly a couple of weeks ago. I was busy with work projects and with developing the growing...

If you aren't a fan of conifers and other evergreens yet, you're missing out on some fantastic garden plants, to say nothing of a...

Mostly wordless, except to invite gardeners to join the discussions at bloominganswers.com And warm thanks to all who have already joined a...

Here it is only the third day of 2012 and I've already managed to pull a bit of a post together! I learned some years ago not to make re...

You know you're pretty busy when nearly a week past Christmas you still haven't had time to write a Merry Christmas card to family...

It's that time of year again, somehow! I've sort of lost the past few weeks as far as much productivity is concerned, because I had ...

Today was one of those weather-perfect days that are rare gems in my province during the month of NO-vember. Regular readers of my writings ...

It comes as no surprise to readers of this blog that I am not a fan of NO-vember, surely the worst month of the year in the really Northern ...

Hard to believe we're into the latter part of October already, isn't it? The days are so much shorter now, and of course windy, ofte...

So, back in mid-July, we discussed getting a couple of kittens, as a friend of mine was breaking up housekeeping due to personal reasons, an...

Well, it's been six WEEKS since I've updated here, but in my defence, life has been crazily busy, mores than usual. Between adopting...

What a wonderful few days I had on the road, talking gardens with fellow enthusiasts, photographing plants, cheering on fellow gardeners...t...

Once again I am madly charging along trying to catch up with the rest of the blogosphere, and have been absent without leave. Or is that wit...