Miscellaneous

Christmas eve sunrise

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One of the nice things about short winter days is that it's not too difficult to get up before sunrise. These two photos were taken a bit after seven thirty in the morning. It's not going to be much of a white Christmas, I'm afraid. Sunday the snow pack was dissolved by rain and highs [...]

Gifts for Gardeners: Botanical Art

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Many gardeners want to pick out their own tools, but appreciate a thing of beauty that reminds them why they garden in the first place. So why not check out the following? Many of these beauty-makers are bloggers as well. I first came across Elizabeth's Flowers--the blog--which led me to her store of the same [...]

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: November

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There's no more denying it: winter's right around the corner. Wait! is that snow falling outside? Shucks. Winter is here. I'm not going to say "already" because there's been other years when we've had enough snow to go sledding at this point, and that snow falling out there today is having a hard time sticking [...]

The First Day of the GWA Symposium

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Austin to OKC While it was great to visit my friend Cynthia and the Austin bloggers, that was only an extra benefit to my trip. The Garden Writers Association symposium, my primary reason for traveling, was still ahead of me. Cynthia drove me to the airport very early on Friday morning, where I managed to [...]