Monthly Archives: June 2011

Giving a Fig

Posted on June 27, 2011 by marigold

En route to Sonoma, after the exhilaration of driving over the Golden Gate Bridge, we stopped briefly in Sausalito to admire the boats–house and other.  On a beautiful Saturday morning, everyone within miles of Sonoma apparently turns up in the … Continue reading →

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Open Up That Golden Gate

Posted on June 22, 2011 by marigold

San Francisco has many qualities in common with New York–fabulous restaurants, great museums, diversity–which may be why I find it so simpatico.  SF also has this iconic bridge which was great fun to drive over en route to Sonoma. Shortly … Continue reading →

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Peony

Posted on June 11, 2011 by marigold

Inspired by the exquisite white-with-raspberry-accented peonies in crystal containers at a luncheon, I decided my Vermont garden needed a white peony.  Peonies are my all time fave flowers and the four plants I already have are deep to pale pink. … Continue reading →

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This Little Piggy

Posted on June 5, 2011 by marigold

The first sleepover camp I went to was in Rochester, VT. Skyhollow Farm was a mini-farm with chores–caring for chickens, turkeys, one calf, horses (hotly contested) and pigs as part of the daily schedule.  The pigs  (three, what else?) were … Continue reading →

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Elephant One/Rhino Zero

Posted on June 2, 2011 by marigold

Sorry readers–when last I tried to post got into technical difficulties. Some years ago, my husband and I went to the Gaida Wildlife Camp in southern Nepal. The terai is the name given to Nepal’s southern plains that are very … Continue reading →

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