A Retired Teacher in Mexico City

My progress in the garden continues, and at last I see the light at the end of the tunnel.  I tackled cleaning out the largest flower bed ju...

My father was a veteran of World War II.  He did not talk a great deal about the war, but from what he did mention, and from records that I ...

A lot of garden decorations are pure kitsch... think of garden gnomes and pink flamingos... but during my visits to garden centers this spri...

Last year I bought some solar-powered garden lights, and this year I bought a few more.  This is what my garden looked like this evening jus...

Next month I will take a short trip to Chicago for a party celebrating the 25th anniversary of friends of mine.  I probably won't be doi...

It's that time of year when my travel blog seems more like a gardening blog. The last couple weeks have been spent cleaning out my flo...

In addition to spending several hours each day clearing my flower beds of weeds, I have also been slowly working on another project. The s...