Carlisle
Italian sardine crocks and Provencal mixing bowls drew me and a small crowd to the booth of The Elephant’s Ear at the Baltimore Antique Show this weekend. John Grafe, the dealer from Jackson, MS imports these wonderful crockery that makes you think doubly of cooking and gardening.
Sorry, species not known but just wanted to show how the color red can be introduced in an arrangement through leaves as well as berries and flowers. I’ll be back in Baltimore tomorrow, looking for that next vase. Actually I found a little one that you’ll see this weekend. I’m excited about some of the […]
Medicinals are not the only tropicals that David McLean grows in his mile long rain forest like nursery in Davie, Florida. It’s just that the plants he wanted to show me first were all medicinals. Like African tropical oregano, beautiful variegated leaves. The Australian tea tree, its oil used as an antibiotic during World War […]
After dinner last night we strolled along Las Olas, the walk of walks in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There I discovered Ann’s Florist. This morning I was there by 10:30 am to take an inside view of the windows I saw last night. She has the best silk flowers I’ve seen. Maybe because there were a […]
Here in Broward County, home of Fort Lauderdale what does everyone do when they want to beat the sun? They go to Sawgrass Mills, probably the second largest tourist attraction behind Disney World in Florida. Today we went there twice. I will not bore you with details except for the one here in the picture. […]
