Saw Greenbrier
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” — Langston Hughes The plants are responding to the additional rain we received at the end of last week..
Hillside Fern Project: June 2026
I realized I haven’t posted an update on the Hillside Fern Project since last September. So here it is! We experienced an early start to spring this year in mid-February, and we have been in a drought since even before then, with daily high temperatures fluctuating. This may be the new normal, but regardless of…
Welcomed May Rain
“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.”― Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book Perhaps coffee instead of tea, but a good book nevertheless. Thanks to the last several days, May of this year has turned out to be wetter than normal, but we…
Memorial Day Weekend
Besides actually getting some decent rain, the big event this Memorial Day weekend is the local running of the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR’s longest race. Not personally being a huge NASCAR fan, I see the race as an occasion to avoid the associated crowds and traffic near the speedway. The sad and unexpected news released yesterday…
Acceptance
“Flowers and fruits are always fit presents; flowers, because they are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson Despite an erratic cold-warm winter, a very early start to spring, and an extreme spring drought, our flowers and ferns seem to have flourished so far without…
Blessed Rain
“Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.”― Roger Miller Rain, blessed rain, a little yesterday and a bit more today. We’re so glad to have it, but they say to end the drought this month, we would need 15 inches of rain. We have a long way to go. Strangely, my ferns are…
