Monthly Archives: January 2013

If you know what the bug in the above photo is, please tell me. I’ve been looking it up everywhere I can think of, and I think it might be an assassin bug (which is good!) but I’m not positive. … Continue reading →

OK, so it’s January, and it’s cold and there’s snow on the ground. Rhode Islanders just can’t seem to stop complaining about this, as if somehow it’s something that shouldn’t be happening. Many of my readers know that I spent … Continue reading →

Take a close look at the above photo. I’m sure you recognize the pink geranium, but can you tell what the other plant on the left is? It’s growing right there in the same pot, and there’s another smaller one … Continue reading →

I won’t keep you in suspense. The above photo is of my tiny Sophronitis cernua, with a ribbon beside it. So far, anyway, it appears as though I won two second place ribbons and a third at the Cape and … Continue reading →

This strange – looking, but also stunning plant is a miniature orchid, Sophronitis Cernua. I bought it a year ago at an orchid show, and it just started blooming this week. The leaves are unlike anything I have ever seen, … Continue reading →

I have been using a mattock in the garden for many years, but I recently discovered that it is also a splendid ice-breaker. My husband spent about an hour yesterday trying to de-ice our front steps. This morning,  the lightbulb … Continue reading →

In this post, I am just going to post some photos I took around our house before the paltry one inch of snow fell. Happy New Year everyone! The tide was coming in, swirling sea foam up onto the sand. … Continue reading →