Remembering Wallace Tutt
This spring we visited Harbour Island, off of North Eleuthera in the Bahamas. It's a magical little island, only about 3 miles long, and the primary mode of transportation there is golf cart. Chickens...
View ArticleOut Of The Mouths Of Babes: Vegetable Garden Wisdom
The New York Botanical Garden has a new exhibit -- "The Edible Garden" -- running through Oct. 17. I was charmed by a press release that featured the gardening wisdom of 9-year-old Everett Sanderson,...
View ArticleSome Enchanted Evening: Lockwood De Forest's Paintings
When Lockwood de Forest traveled down the Nile in 1875 and 1876, he wrote to a friend, "The fact is that I spend all my time on deck sketching & studying the landscape during the daytime &...
View ArticleTime Spent On Holiday Preparations: Only 42 Hours?
Consumer Reports has just come out with a rather fascinating holiday poll, which found that the average American expects to spend about 42 hours buying, wrapping and returning gifts this holiday...
View ArticleIce Is Nice. Well, It Can Be
Glastonbury interior designer Lisa Davenport has a fun post on her blog about the Ice Hotel in Jukkasvarji, Sweden, which she calls a design masterpiece. Each year artisans create a 5,500-square-foot...
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