photo courtesy freshplaza.com and Stemlitz photo courtesy Frog Hollow Farm Today I guess I won't be working or wandering in the gardens outside, near or far. It's raining here. For now, it seems like a good day for wandering elsewhere - into the world of the apricot. We are sailing right along into the wonderful world of the stone fruit season right about now - well sort of. The first cherries have arrived here on the east coast … [Read more...]
All the World’s a Stage – Do Flowers Perform A Shameless Show? Pollinators Know the Answer
If flowers were dresses, what a wardrobe I'd have! (my something akin to: If wishes were horses, beggars would ride circa 1600s) Question of the Day: Do flowers instinctively perform a shameless show? (pollinators know the answer). I think I can actually feel that this morning! They seem to be boastfully popping and parading in a state of unbridled glee. And, this brings me to the very same state. While I'll sit here and be silly … [Read more...]
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
Gypsy - Ethel Merman Circa 1959 Mine is a very specific form of insanity. I'm insane about flowers. I don't really think this disorder shows up in the hallmarks of traditional psychology, does it? I'll have to ask my two nieces who have PhDs……. I am guessing it shows up somewhere as a subset under the heading: too-far-gone-obsessions. Further, I don't know what it says about me in that I am perfectly ok with being this far gone down … [Read more...]
Make Mine May, Well, Maybe – Foaling Around and Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Lump Crab, Chinese Five Spice and Cilantro Oil
Well, I did have a stellar day yesterday. The sun shone and I spent the day outside ogling plants, selecting a few and planting some. Today is another story. It started out fine. I was out "Foaling Around". I paid a mid-morning visit to these two new babies just around the corner. I couldn't resist - it was so uplifting! I shared my visit with a fellow animal lover and we chatted for about 20 minutes while being nudged and having … [Read more...]
And, On the Seventh Day of Rain, God Made Rainy-Day Blues Muffins
need something to soothe your soul? Is there anything to do today but play with textures? Ok, so you know, I'm desperate. Today is the seventh day of no sunshine, constant gloom, drizzle and rain. I'm worried that all of my patiently-waiting plants covered with buds are going to grow moldy, wilt and keel-over. My hands, heart and soul are waiting, trowel in hand to get outside and dig and plant. To add further insult to injury, it's … [Read more...]
Rain, Rain Go Away – We’ll Have to Make a Baking Day! – Pear and Blueberry Loaf with Hazelnuts
today is a day for wafting aromas "On days when you can't indulge certain senses, you must indulge the others." So says I. Hmmm - that's my motto for today. I really can't believe it's May already! All I can say is thank goodness I spent two whole days at NYBG again last week - Friday and Saturday. Saturday was especially stellar with the sun breaking out just as I arrived. what more can you ask for? everyday like this? no harm … [Read more...]
One Week Later at NYBG – Hard to Imagine, Splendor in the Grass
can you top these? High Season - Tulips Many years ago I read Ruth Reichl's memoir, Comfort Me With Apples. I get that, I do. Perhaps, my version, even though I am just as in love with cooking, would be Comfort Me With Beauty - and Flowers would be the number one source, i.e. Comfort Me With Flowers - but in a totally uplifting way (not ANY of those funeral varieties - they'd all have to be out-of-doors in their own habitats and bees … [Read more...]
An Extraordinary Day in the Bronx – My Vote for THE New York Flower Show
I spent the day in the Bronx today - probably a place that most people I know don't go out of their way to visit unless it's to go to see the Yankees or are driving home from the Hamptons. But today I went on purpose - to visit the New York Botanical Garden on the eve of their Daffodil Weekend. What a major league (no pun intended) treat! No other words are really necessary here except to say that if you have the opportunity to go this weekend … [Read more...]
Ode to Joy – Anatomy of a Symphony in a Time of Enchantment
Today's performance: Ode to Joy I am a person who is entirely in awe of anyone who can sit down and compose a symphony. And yet, there is one composed and playing right under my nose every single morning……….. I suppose the most handily available and vivid image I have comes from the movie Amadeus, where we see a man sit and work to place down onto paper the music that is playing in his head. The composer must harness, with incredible … [Read more...]
Emergency Kit: Flourless Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Swirl
Everyone needs a back-pocket recipe for when an unexpected guest pops in for dinner. Next time, you're caught unprepared and can't run to the store, give this a try. I bet you have all the ingredients in the house and this can be done in about 45 minutes. If you don't have raspberry jam, use another flavor - i.e.orange, red currant will work. FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH RASPBERRY SWIRL - adapted from Epicurious.com 4 oz … [Read more...]
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