The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. ~ Galileo Galilei Several years ago, Tom and I bought a Cabernet Grape vine while out on one of our shopping excursions. In fact, [...]
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A Bunch of Grapes
Posted in Food! Wine!, Fruit, Poetry & Borrowed Words, Vines, tagged Bacchus, Dolma, Galileo Galilei, grapes, jelly, planets, sun, vine on January 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
The Layers
Posted in Passion Fruit, Poetry & Borrowed Words, Vines, tagged changes, horizon, layers, milestones, Passion Fruit flowers, Stanley Kunitz, transformations on November 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Layers by Stanley Kunitz I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and I am not who I was, though some principle of being abides, from which I struggle not to stray. When I look behind, as I am compelled to look before I can gather strength to proceed on my [...]
Signs of Life Part II aka: Oooh Lookit!!!
Posted in Daisy Bush, Plant Care, Vines, tagged eggplant, euryops, grape vine, green onions, hyacinth, jasmine, lavender, lilac, Passion Fruit, pruning, rose, rosemary, Sage, whirling butterflies, wisteria on February 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
So, I finally finished up in the office and headed outdoors to prune the living hell out of everything. For my own uses later, here’s the list: 1) sage – both 2) lavender – Spanish only 3) roses – backyard only 4) passion-fruit vine 5) euryops (daisy bush) 6) Japanese eggplant…will it live? 7) whirling [...]
