MY PRIDE AND JOY IS MY GARDEN
My Oregon garden has been an ongoing project for the past 25 years at this location . I adore my tropical plants which can be very borderline hardy in the Pacific NW. We are so lucky to live in a micro climate zone that is warmer than most parts of Portland. My garden friends always tell me I’m in “zonal denial” growing plants that would not usually survive Portland weather
SLIDESHOW BELOW IS FROM THE PAST 5 YEARS. THE GARDEN IS EVER-EVOLVING
At one time I had over 200 varieties of daylilies but as the Douglas Fir trees expanded, the sunny patches became less and less, to where I now have dappled sunlight through most of our lot. I thinned out the heat loving varieties and replaced them with shade tolerant varieties and other perennials. My current plant obsessions are Ornamental Grasses Japanese Maples and Hostas.
A SLIDESHOW BELOW OF MY EVER CHANGING GARDEN
BELOW ARE SOME OF MY PAST GARDEN BLOG POSTS
- Portland Japanese Garden visit to see the weeping cherry in bloom. Sakura time!
We are so fortunate to live only a few miles from the world class Portland Japanese Garden, and as the seasons change and the gardens morph we love to pay this beautiful space a visit as often as possible. This week, the one and only Weeping Cherry in the garden was in full bloom which … Read more - A rare snowfall in Portland and a new WHINE glass auction coming soon!This has been quite the winter so far in Portland Oregon with temperatures below normal which this week brought an incredible snowfall to our neighborhood! In my wildest dreams I could not have imagined my shed and the wrought iron tree beside it looking so amazing!!! As I look out into the back yard I … Read more
- The Redtailed Hawk babies..Class of 2012For those of you who don’t follow my Facebook page and have been missing this year’s Redtailed Hawk babies in my neighborhood, here are some fun photos to get you up to speed!! Above is a shot of one of the chicks hanging onto the nest as he exercises his wings. We had 3 … Read more
- WOODCHIP WEEK AND A WEEKEND GETAWAYAs the Trunk Show dust settles I immediately jump into my next project which is to get the garden ready for the year. One of the most relaxing "jobs" for me is hauling the 8 yards of cedar chips into the pathways and inside front garden. They are relatively lightweight in the wheelbarrow and it's … Read more
- Back to the garden and a huge THANK YOU!ASSEMBLING PRIORITY MAIL BOXES AND LINING WITH GREEN TISSUE..JUST A HINT OF THINGS TO COME I want to first thank you all for making this 2012 Graffiti Jewelry Trunk Show the most exciting event yet. All of last week's jewelry purchases have been lovingly wrapped, given a goodbye kiss and sent off into the world … Read more
- THE VULTURES ARE CIRCLING…LITERALLY!Can you imaging my surprise yesterday when Steve calls me on the cell phone as I'm sitting at my computer and says "GET OUT HERE!" ….I sez "GET OUT WHERE?"…..he sez "THE DRIVEWAY" I run outside and ask whats up and he points to the sky and says "BIRDS"… OMG there were at least 50 … Read more
- OUR HOUSE…in the middle of our street. A NEW VIDEO of the house transformationYou all knew it was coming!!!! I’ve been diligently taking photos of every phase of the house facelift to ultimately do a timeline video, and I just got it completed today!! You will see a number of brand new shots taken yesterday towards the end of the video that show the BEFORE and AFTER … Read more
- HOUSE AND GARDEN UPDATE…Asian Influence with a French AccentBelow are some of the updates we did to the garden and house over the weekend. We were surprised after visiting the local French Festival (Bastille Day Celebration) how over the years we have managed to fuse two of our favorite cultures together quite unintentionally in our decorating. Somehow the Provence France tablecloths and the … Read more
- SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS…Baby Hawk finds a perch with a viewHappy Saturday everyone!!! Yesterday was a wonderful day in many ways. First, it was Steves and my 17th Anniversary….WOW time flies when you are having fun!! It seems like yesterday when I met Steve for the first time at a Chow fun match! As we were getting ready to go out for a wonderful dinner … Read more
- MIRROR MIRROR ON THE HOUSE…some fun finishing touches for our outdoor spaceIf I had the chance to do nothing but fixing up outdoor spaces it would fulfill a lifelong dream!! There is nothing better than being outdoors AND being creative at the same time. Incorporating the house, garden and “exterior decorating” to bring the indoors “out” probably grew from my living in smaller homes (by choice) … Read more
