Tomato Plants: Leave the Little Suckers Alone
Pinching tomato suckers: not on my garden to-do list
Step away from the tomato plant and no one gets hurt.
Garden myth: you should pinch tomatoes...
Growing Cherries the Size of Apricots, or Not
I was feeling pretty smug about the several handfuls of fresh sweet cherries I had just plucked from my young orchard, when a friend dropped by...
Prepare Yourself for a Sunny Fourth
Anyone who's spent a summer in Seattle, knows the season really begins the fifth of July, when the sun begrudingly shows up for its abbreviated...
Look Who Turned 102…Happy Birthday Granny!
Our Queen for the day, make that everyday
The day was as sunny as our birthday girl.
If I told you Le Ida was twice my...
Summer Belongs to the Black Locust
Black locust trees anchor my house. They are a much a part of its history as the wavy glass windows and half-wrap porch. Even in...
When My Coffee Cup Takes a Walk
One down, five to find. Judging by its contents, some creepy crawlers take their coffee with cream and sugar, too.
I like old coffee cups, the chubby ceramic kind well...
Father’s Day: He Trusted His Son With the T-Bones
Fresh-from-the-garden shares a plate with grilled-perfection. (Well, actually Dad would have called for more searing time.)
Happy Father's Day, Dad, This Steak's for You!
Here’s to...
Solstice: Vashon Island Celebrates the Longest Day
Celebrating Solstice: Summer returns to Vashon Island
I began my day in a sweater (cotton) and my day ended in a sweater (wool), a fitting...
Morning Has Broken, and Time Is a Wastin’
Pink oriental poppies capturing the first light of day
I get up at the crack o'thirty to begin my commute into civilization from the island, an...
Old Sofas Never Die…Unless Assisted
Boz and Gracie lounging al fresco among the carnage
I must have been drugged or under the control of space aliens to have allowed one...
