Yearly Archives: 2009
Ah, this pink mysterious woman was at the Oscars last night wearing the only hat there with ranunculus in her hair. Ryan Seacrest didn’t catch her on the red carpet, she chose the green one instead.
Opening Day is March 28th. Tally Ho! is SUNDAY, March 29th. The hounds, the horses and the mounted riders in their “pinks” from the Elkridge Harford Hunt Club will present information about this 200 year old tradition here in Monkton, about 20 miles north of Baltimore. Three weeks later the 99th running of “My Lady’s […]
Road rage. The photo image of two “V”s in our campanula arrangement made us dislike this bell flower, the first anti-sentiment to be felt about our friends, flowers. Those darn campanulas were unbending, so upright. To think that these bells for the workers’ prayers could actually be put at a 35 degree angle. Must do […]
Gordon Hayward (haywardgardens.com) started off the week with his upcoming talk to the Md Hort (Mdhorticulture.org). From last week’s Longwood Gardens (longwoodgardens.org) to London’s Crystal Palace Conservatory next (crytalpalacefoundation.org.uk). Question, “Did Thomas Jefferson use a conservatory/hothouse in his gardening?” Monticello (monticello.org) referred us to the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia. There we found that Jefferson’s mentor from […]
White in February. Perhaps the light of it to offset the dreariness of this last winter month. It stood out at the market. Campanulas, stock, (which had a startling presence of her own, her sweet smell left between the door panes), waxflower and alstromeria fill this vase with some airy asparagus ferns. Beneath some white […]
