Lush and green and not contrary.
cucumber blossom
How does my garden grow?
Jelly Bean tomato, mesclun, baby kale, marigolds
Some plants plain and some plants fancy.
a head in the shade garden
And tomatoes all lined in a row.
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Sweet Summer 1912 — John William Waterhouse
This year, the family planted an almond tree and a cherry tree. The fruit trees planted in previous years are becoming laden with young edibles. One tomato has shown up, and the bird house is filled to capacity. A little bit of paradise, here.
columnar apples
peaches
first tomato
occupied bird house.
We don’t have an extra big yard; it’s just a regular house lot. But the family makes the most of it. Such is suburban farming.
Here on this weblog, I write about whatever interests me at the moment, even though, at the time, I recognize that it might not interest anyone else.
But every once in a while, out of nowhere, it does.
I just received an email from a man in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada regarding a blog post I did back in 2003 about friends of mine leaving to join a group in Edmonton that I consider a cult.
You can read the post here — and be sure to read the comments as well.
Apparently, a colleague and friend of my e-mailer, who was missing since March 22, has been found dead. Police do not suspect foul play; my e-mailer suspects suicide. He also seems to believe that she was somehow involved in de Ruiter’s group.
I guess he is doing his own investigation, and so I gave him the names of my old friends who left all of those years ago, in case they are still around and can help him. And in case they might like to get back in touch with me.
That’s why I blog. Because all of my stuff is sitting somewhere out there in the world wide web, and sometimes it is just what someone is looking for.
Well, it’s one reason I blog. I blog because I’m a writer and I need a place to write.
Whatever. It all works for me.