This weekend I started testing off-camera flash combos for a new project. I never knew garlic could be so suggestive.
Waiting for the Big Thaw of March
The beginning of March has been spent waiting. Waiting for the snow to melt. Waiting for seeds to germinate.
We are almost there.
s/n: This year I’m forgoing seed starting supplies with whatever types of trays I have lying around the apartment and using newspaper and toilet paper rolls as pots. My favorite post on recycled newspaper pots is from Garden Betty.
February is…
The first week of February in Chicago is…
A cat angry at you for disturbing a warm bed to go to work.
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A snow drift beautifully blocking the door.
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Being the first person to arrive at the bus stop after a blizzard.
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Winter steaming up downtown.
Working it in Winter
It hit 40! In January! In Chicago! But we have so much work to do. [Read more…] about Working it in Winter
20 months?
No. Really. A friend asked for advice on a blog during her artist residency in India, then she called me out for not posting on my own.
There were a few blog posts percolating during this almost-2-years…..yet a lot of life has happened during that time; and I haven’t quite figured out my way back. But there is good stuff happening.
For now I’ll leave you with this picture of Travers working in our beautiful garden amidst monster tomatillos.
New Years Collard Greens = Southern Fortune Cookie for 2013
A little late on my southern-good-luck-collard-greens. Happy New Second Day of the Year! The greens are saying 2013 will be sweet and spicy.
