Readers, Welcome to my blog (formerly Birds, Blooms, Books, etc). I'm entering a new decade taking on the challenge of moving from Maryland after living there 46 years and learning about my new home here in New England in the Live Free or Die state - New Hampshire. Join me as a write this new chapter of my life.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

New Hampshire Visit

We spent the weekend in New Hampshire providing babysitting for our 20 month old granddaughter so her parents could have their first getaway overnight.  What a thrill that was! Truly!

Here are a very few photos of the lovely New England Fall.  More to come in future posts.






Mount Ascutney


Granddaughter - no front views allowed.
Below they are looking for rabbits hiding in the houses.



Thursday, October 15, 2015

Landscape Artist


Dan is becoming quite the landscape painter.


This is the third one he has done since the beginning of summer.


He's learned to capture the scene.


Monday, October 12, 2015

End of a Season

Saturday was a beautiful day, perfect for closing down the gardens.  It's hard to believe that another season of growing has come to an end.  As I move the garden art to the garden shed I wonder what will be life like when I next bring these back out to the garden.

I didn't bring out the camera until the chores were done.

Here's the Perennial Garden devoid of the statues and with plants cut back except for the herbs in the right foreground.


I'm trying something new with my pots.  Rather than bring them all to the vestibule I'm going to try to have them weather the winter against the warmth of the south facing wall of the bedrooms.


The deck is cleared and


the porch furniture stacked up.


The raised beds in the vegetable garden have been seeded with an oat and field peas mix as a cover crop.  The parsley is still quite green.


Unrelated: do you see a smudge or light in the upper right corner of all these photos?  Is in on the lens?  I need to check that out.