Garden Tales

Creating a Garden

Creating a Garden

A blank canvas is daunting. What to create? How to begin? Equally daunting is an empty, flagstone patio that yearns to be a flourishing garden over...
A Farm Visit

A Farm Visit

The sweeping view of Vermont’s Green Mountains opened up as I turned the curve at my daughter’s goat farm. Down the road near the red barn, I could...
Island Sketching

Island Sketching

The small island of Iona, off the coast of northern Scotland, is a place of pilgrimage for many; but for me, it was a sketching paradise. Arriving ...
A Garden’s Legacy

A Garden’s Legacy

Every year as I prepare my garden for winter, I look carefully for ...
Sketching in Kenya

Sketching in Kenya

Traveling with my sketchbook transforms the rhythm ...
Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea

At my sister’s farm in Kenya, bougainvillea drapes ...