As many of you know I get much of my inspiration from my walks around my neighborhood.  A few years ago I noticed a very interesting pod...

This year I bought a plant I had never seen before called Ligularia dentata .  I bought the plant for its beautiful foliage.  The stems ...

Lately when I am gardening I have had to wear long pants and sleeves and a mosquito net over my head.  This, combined with the VERY high...

I have a neighbor who has a birthday very close to mine and every year we like to go to lunch and exchange a little gift.  This year I d...

This project has been a long time in the making so I am very excited to announce the publication of You're Joking: Animal Jokes for ...

The other day George asked if I wanted to taste the kohlrabi we got from our farm share.  Of course, my first answer was "no" ...

Last Friday Christina and I sketched Withrow High School.  When I first moved to Cincinnati I couldn't believe the architecture of t...

Two weekends ago I went to the Springfield Antique Extravaganza and could not resist buying this industrial fan cover that had been tur...

My front flower bed has been taken over by Soloman's seal which makes it virtually impossible to walk in or weed that bed.  In the c...

I love peonies at all stages of their life cycle.  George was asking me why my top two photos (above and below) were photos of a peony w...