Sage Gardens

It’s hot, I’m tired and I haven’t done much in the way of keeping up-to-date on the ol’ garden blog here. I must say, however, everything looks great! It’ll be a completely different story in a month when I’ve fallen off on my yardwork, everything’s gone to seed and weed, but right now, it’s gorgeous. […]

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One of the best unexpected surprises of building my garden pond last year was the large number and variety of dragonflies and damselflies that started visiting on a regular basis.
Aside from simply being colorful and fun to watch, they also have some of the best names in the animal kingdom. How can you not like […]

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For a short interval — usually between mid-May and the end of the month, everything blooms all at once. We’re in the midst of that now. When you step out the front door, this is what you see:

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Everything — poppies, roses, sage, lavender, sweet pea shrub, Pride of Madera, Butterfly Bush, Peruvian […]

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So I was slicing up some red bell peppers to grill along with our steaks last night. I sliced off the tops of two peppers, and this is what greeted me:

Nothing like peppers with a happy face surprise inside!

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I was just pulling the eggs out of the chicken coop and found this:

It’s an egg that’s smooth on the front and back but puckered all around the sides like a throw pillow.
Wonder what this chicken has been up to…

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A post from a few months back showed these palm trees across the valley from the main house on an eerie October morning. Here they are again againsts a purple sky in an early winter sunset.

Taken December 28, 2005.

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