Life Among the Leaves

It has been a cold, dreary beginning of April, and the weather report suggests that there is no relief in sight.  But cold or not, snow ...

As much as I love buying plants I've never tried before, I find more and more that my plant shopping is focused on replacements.  Plan...

In the five years since I last posted, a lot has happened in my life, both good and bad. The saddest thing, though, is the loss of my cats,...

These days, nearly everyone with a smartphone fancies themself a videographer, and your blogger is no exception.  Actually scratch that; af...

In the spring of 2011, my husband and I paid a visit to the Garfield Park Conservatory.  Not too long after our visit, a freak hailstorm de...

On the occasion of starting to write again, I took a little trip down memory lane.  I started looking at the photos of my plants taken ...

Last year, I visited a local orchid nursery ( Orchids by Hausermann in Villa Park, IL) on the occasion of their annual open house and sale...