Feathers and Flowers

  The Spartan tree is covered with hundreds of small apples-- as usual, each with its own personal worm. I planted that tree over 30 years a...

 

  September 9th is National Chrysanthemum Day, a holiday also called the “Festival of Happiness" that originated in Japan a thousand y...

    "Early Autumn," Maxfield Parish   The late Washington Post garden columnist Henry Mitchell once wrote:   There is no need t...

  We headed downtown yesterday to check out the new waterfront park and take a ride on the Great Wheel.  As you can see, a bit murky, althou...

  You wouldn't have thought so in Twisp this week, where the temperature topped 100. Fortunately, we have a window air conditioner that ...