I began these notes to give tour members some useful information about the sites we will be visiting and to explain why we are visiting those places among the hundreds of other gardens and Roman sites in England. In the case of Hidcote and Sissinghurst, the reason for including them is easy: I've not yet …
Today's six are a quick rundown of some colorful blooms that are finally appearing in the garden. For participation guidelines for joining this Saturday sharing of six things going on in our gardens and for links to many more posts, see Jim Stephens’ Garden Ruminations, the gathering point of our posts. 1. I'll start with a …
A couple of weeks ago I posted some photos of wildflowers blooming in the garden and noted that others were on their way. Today's short post contains some of those others. For participation guidelines for joining this Saturday sharing of six things going on in our gardens, see Jim Stephens’ Garden Ruminations, the gathering point …
The feature photo for this set of notes comes from neither Roman Bath nor even late medieval Bath. “Oh! Who can be ever tired of Bath?” dates from 19th-century Regency Bath and Jane Austen's delightful send up of Bath's social primacy and gothic novels' popularity, Northanger Abbey. I recommend it to anyone who likes satire …
From the Romans to the Tudors for this next set of notes, but I'll return to the Romans in Bath for the next installment. This post, though, includes castles and gardens related to two wives of Henry VIII. We chose these sites in part for their historical connections but in large because there are features …
The wildflowers are coming up! Six of the most prolific here in the garden at Highland Lake, Alabama, are my subjects this week. 1. The first is my favorite---rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides ), a native, woodland perennial. Wonderfully delicate, and really rather tiny, it is easily overlooked among winter's left-over leaves and pine needles. To illustrate …
After Eden 