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All About Thyme: October, 2021

Our hedge apple tree–-the only one we have here at Meadow Knoll-–is dropping its large green fruit right now, into the grass at the edge of our meadow. But when I was growing up in READ MORE ON MY CURRENT BLOG

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All About Thyme: September 2021

There’s garlic (Allium sativum), and there are chives (A. schoenoprasum)—and then there are garlic chives (A. tuberosum, also called Chinese chives). They are brightening my late-summer gardens with READ MORE ON MY CURRENT BLOG

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Work in Progress: August 2021

August and September are butterfly months here in the Texas Hill Country. The blue mistflower (wild ageratum, Conoclinium coelestinum) is blooming, and the blooms seduce . . .MORE ON MY NEW BLOG.

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Two Artists and Their Houses: Beatrix Potter, Georgia O'Keeffe

As a writer, I’ve always been deeply interested in the relationship between women and their houses–-especially when the house becomes something more than just a roof over a woman’s head. “The house” has been a feature in the lives of many READ MORE ON MY BLOG

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All About Thyme: August 2021

There they are, green and growing in your garden. But you need them in your kitchen, too. What to do? You can begin harvesting your herbs when . . . READ MORE ON MY NEW BLOG.

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All About Thyme: July 2021

Likely, there was a pitcher of of iced tea on your picnic table on the Fourth of July. But for the people who lived during the American Revolution, China teas (including their current favorites Bohea and Green Hyson) were not READ MORE ON MY BLOG.

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Work In Progress: June 2021

My current cross stitch work-in-progress is from a painting by . . . READ MORE ON MY BLOG

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In Bloom This Week: Texas Bluebells

My favorite Texas wildflower is blooming in the READ MORE on my blog.

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In Bloom This Week: Evening Primroses

The pink blooms cascading down our creek bank this week belong to . . . READ MORE on my blog.

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All About Thyme: April 2021

Ever wonder how the dandelion got its name?

The word dandelion is the way English folk pronounced the French phrase dent de lion, or . . . READ MORE on my blog.

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