Lughnasadh
I’m watering the vegetable garden, and the three rhododendron I planted last fall.My eye catches the sharp, brilliant crescent moon hovering just above the neighbor’s spruce grove. I sit under […]
Woodworking Spirits 2
I finally finished several projects, just a few moments ago installing the final corner shelf. This is a follow up to my first post explaining the family woodworking spirits. I […]
Water Gardening
Stories of Hawthorn House The family boatyard in Annapolis, Maryland had a small fishpond that was made from a mostly buried old bathtub. I’m not sure if there were ever […]
Alban Heruin
Today is Alban Heruin, the Druidic festival of the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. As I sit and write this it’s nearing 10pm and the sky still […]
Liberating Mint
Stories of Hawthorn House There’s a wooden half barrel, landscape planter outside my back door. When I moved in a little less than a year ago, in summer, it was […]
Garden Card Collection
I made two new card collections today, all the photos except for two are from my garden over the past year. The dahlia is not from my garden, and the […]
Harvesting Beets
Stories of Hawthorn House I harvested beets today. I got the plants at the end of last summer thinking they were swiss chard starts, a good over-winter plant. I planted […]
Beltane
[I’m backdating this because I didn’t have time to write this at Beltane.] The time of Beltane is late spring and known as a fire celebration. According to one version […]
Pruning Vine Maple
Stories of Hawthorn House Last summer was bone dry. We didn’t get rain for 51 days but it felt like 90. I put out a shallow little dish with water […]
Stories of Hawthorn House
At this point, I’ve lived in my house for bout 9 months. I moved in last June. During the season of Lent, we have been discussing land during the season […]
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