Pink Granite

This week we celebrate Roo’s birthday, Jake’s birthday, Sue’s (Jake’s Mom) birthday, Wendy’s birthday and yes, today, my birthday! ...

The house at the end of our street was torn down. We heard a few different versions of how the lovely, mid-nineteenth century farmhouse had...

We drove home from my aunt’s memorial service in Rhode Island to find at least 14 inches of heavy wet snow carpeting our town. Our area als...

Tomorrow is Roo’s 50th birthday! It’s also Jake’s birthday. Tuesday is Sue’s (Jake’s Mom) birthday. Thursday is Wendy’s birthday. ...

On the one hand I want to keep it a closely guarded secret. On the other hand I want everyone to be able to enjoy it. I’ll err on the side...

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now. The working title in my mind was “How To Be An Excellent Hospital Visitor”. The pro...

Thank you for stopping by. Pink Granite will be on hiatus for a bit, due to a medical situation. I look forward to being back in the swing ...

The heat wave has brought out the best in the garden, even if things are blooming a little early. The hostas have all thrown their flower s...

It looks like Morning Glory, but according to a knowledgeable gardening friend, it’s actually Bindweed. I don’t know. They’re both part of...

Ever since the BP oil disaster began in the Gulf of Mexico, I have felt overwhelmed by it. The can-do, girly-girl solution side of me wante...

The perfume from this Mock Orange has been particularly powerful this year. Whether we are on the porch or upstairs in our bedroom, the sli...

I don’t know exactly where the day went, but it has zipped by. There were phone calls, e-mails, family history, walking (fast), laundry, ha...

I was talking with Chuck in the dooryard this afternoon when a flash of color flitted by beyond his shoulder. It was an Eastern Tiger Swall...

Many years ago, I transplanted some creeping phlox ( Phlox subulata ) from down by the roadside to up by the barn. I used a bulb planter to...

Yesterday brought gray skies, cool winds and showers. It was all good. Stanley Brook flowing into Seal Harbor at low tide Mussel shell in...

While we were over on the Schoodic Peninsula section of Acadia yesterday, we found many tide pools of various depths and sizes. We happened...

Today we hiked the Carriage Road in Acadia which leads to Little Harbor Brook Bridge. Chuck began “bagging” the bridges of Acadia back in 2...

Take this branch of Forsythia, multiply it times a gabillion. Assemble the newly multiplied branches into enormous, wildly uninhibited, ext...

Clearly, I am not cut out for condominium living. I grew up in a household which respected and valued privacy. It was good to be neighborly...

For many years we attended the New England Flower Show. It used to be something we did as part of Chuck’s birthday celebration. It was al...