I told you that I've had three projects going recently and shown you the first (Bayce), the second (my chair refurbish), and now the third: Trang!
I was originally going to title this post "Making a funky chair better", but I'm not sure that I succeeded in that regard. "Making a funky chair different" didn't really work for me either. Regardless of what this post is called, let's see what I did.
I teased last week that I had a few projects in the works -- three to be exact -- and the first of them is now ready to be revealed.
Yesterday we took a Sunday morning drive out to see the eagles. At the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, the St. Louis area is an important overwintering site for bald eagles, and we make the 40-minute drive once every year or so.
What do you see when you look at this, the view out of our kitchen window?
I've been working on a few new projects in the workshop, and since not much else is going on garden-wise I thought I'd share what I've been doing.
Whenever snow is forecast I still get excited! I love the way everything looks under fresh snow, but I especially like bamboos in the snow.
In going back through old posts for yesterday's long overdue favorite photos of 2012 post, I saw some things that I really liked. This blog was partially going to be a garden "diary" and it's proving its worth in that regard -- I never would have remembered when that heavy snow was, or a particular ice storm, or that exceptionally hot summer (they all blur after a few years).
It's three years late, but since in every year's "favorite photos" post -- which I did for 2015 on Friday -- I say "I didn't create a favorite photos post for 2012", I decided to do something about that.
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| January 2012: Yucca filamentosa curls |
Every January I like to select my favorite photos from those that I took and posted about during the previous year. So today here's my look back at 2015, and the photos that I like the best. Note that these are not necessarily my favorite posts -- I list those in March on my blog's anniversary date.
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| January 2015: just the right light to capture seed heads and more |
Yesterday I talked about catching mice. Little did I know that my post would have such far-reaching consequences, inspiring those around me to act.
Yesterday I showed you my first casualty of the overwintering season: a favorite plant that appears to have died due to underwatering.
When overwintering so many plants indoors (in garage or basement), there are always some that don't make it through to spring.
This weekend brought us our first real proof of winter in St. Louis, mild temperatures driven out as the Arctic air pushed in.
I'm happy to report that my Whorn stools/tables are now available for purchase!
We had a fantastic sunrise yesterday morning, so I thought I'd share it with you.
My garage floor was covered by a significant pile of sturdy leaves yesterday:
One of the ways that I continue gardening over the long winter months is through cuttings. It's one of my overwintering strategies for tender plants: take cuttings and root them instead of trying to overwinter the entire (sometimes large) plant.
This was going to be a photo essay on branches, the sunlight hitting them in just the right way the other morning, revealing so much texture, depth, and color.
The first fireplace fire we have each year has come to mean something different to me than to most people who light the logs at this time of year.
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